Blake

Blake

Blake is a surname or a given name which originated from Old English. Its derivation is uncertain; it could come from "blac", a nickname for someone who had dark hair or skin, or from "blaac", a nickname for someone with pale hair or skin. Another theory is that it is a corruption of "Ap Lake", meaning "Son of Lake".

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Famous quotes containing the word blake:

    My mother bore me in the southern wild,
    And I am black, but O! my soul is white;
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    Little Lamb, who made thee?
    Dost thou know who made thee?
    —William Blake (1757–1827)

    Acts themselves alone are history.... Tell me the acts, O historian, and leave me to reason upon them as I please; away with your reasoning and your rubbish! All that is not action is not worth reading.
    —William Blake (1757–1827)