# Blakeley

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #80,252

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A ghost town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States.
3. A hamlet in Erie County, New York, United States.
4. An unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.
5. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/blakeley