The blakely Surname
blakely Name Meaning and History
English, Scottish, and northern Irish: habitational name from any
of various places in northern England and the Scottish Borders called
Blakeley, named with Old English blæc ‘black’, ‘dark’ (see
Black) + leah ‘woodland clearing’. The Scottish
surname may also have absorbed some cases of Blakelaw, from a
place in the Borders named with Old English blæc ‘black’ +
hlaw ‘hill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| John Blakely and Rachel Orr- PA or CT? |
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| Dorothy Ann Blakely C 1824 - 1874 |
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| BLAKELY'S IN IOWA (POTTAWATIMEE COUNTY) OAKLAND AREA |
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| Mary Catherine Blakely, Robert McMurray Morrow Iredell/Mecklenburg County NC |
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| Aaron Blakely Family - Michigan | Angela Dubs | 2 |
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