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blakeley

/blˈeɪkli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables
blake-ley
IPA
/blˈeɪkli/
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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Countable; Uncountable

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An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from several minor places in England, from Old English blæc (“black”) + lēah (“woodland clearing”). Equivalent to black + -ley (“lea”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Blakeleys (plural) Blackley (alternative) Blakely (alternative) Blakley (alternative)

Homonyms

blakely

Rhymes With

blakely wakely

Questions

How do you pronounce blakeley?
The recorded pronunciation is /blˈeɪkli/.
What does blakeley mean?
A surname from Old English.
Where does blakeley come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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