Fair-haired meadow or dark lake clearing
A modern American invention, Blakelyn combines the surname-turned-first-name Blake with the popular suffix -lyn. It draws on the dual Old English roots of Blake, which can paradoxically mean both 'fair' and 'dark,' combined with the Welsh or English 'lyn' meaning lake or pool.
Less common today
Blakelyn isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #1,573 in 2021.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
