# Blakeney

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #68,049

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A village in Awre parish, Forest of Dean district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SO6707).
3. A coastal village and civil parish in North Norfolk district, Norfolk, England (OS grid ref TG0243).
4. A community in the town of Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

## Etymology
From either Old English blæc (“black”) (oblique definite declension blacan), or from Old English personal name Blaca (genitive singular Blacan) + īeġ (“island”).

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