Given name & surname
Black
“a dark-skinned man”
Black is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a dark-skinned man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a dark-skinned man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
From Middle English blak (“black”), from Old English blāc (“pale”), from Old French blanc (“white”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Black’s family of names
In English usage, Black as a surname has a diminutive in BLACKETT. Black has a related form in Blac. Black has a related form in Blacke.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Black
- Black HawkSauk leader1767–1838
- Black HawkOlympic lacrosse player of Canada1850
- Black EagleOlympic lacrosse player of Canada1850
- Black AceAmerican Texas blues musician (1905-1972)
- Black MarbleAmerican musician
- The Beast MortosMexican professional wrestlerborn 1987
- Black SparkAmerican film directorborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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