BLACK EnglishMeans either
"black" (from Old English
blæc) or
"pale" (from Old English
blac). It could refer to a person with a pale or a dark complexion, or a person who worked with black dye.
BLACKBURN EnglishFrom the name of a city in Lancashire, meaning "black stream" in Old English.
BLAKE EnglishVariant of
BLACK. A famous bearer was the poet and artist William Blake (1757-1827).
BLAKESLEY EnglishFrom the name of a town in Northamptonshire, itself meaning "Blæcwulf's meadow" in Old English.
Blæcwulf is a byname meaning "black wolf".
CARBONE ItalianFrom a nickname for a person with dark features, from Italian
carbone meaning
"coal".
CHARBONNEAU FrenchDerived from a diminutive form of French
charbon "charcoal", a nickname for a person with black hair or a dark complexion.
COWDEN EnglishFrom various English place names, which meaning either "coal valley", "coal hill" or "cow pasture" in Old English.
FEKETE HungarianMeans
"black" in Hungarian, originally a nickname for a person with dark hair or a dark complexion.
KILDUFF IrishFrom the Irish
Mac Giolla Dhuibh meaning
"son of the black-haired man".
KUROSAWA JapaneseFrom Japanese
黒 (kuro) meaning "black" and
沢, 澤 (sawa) meaning "marsh". A notable bearer was Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998), a Japanese film director.
MERLO Italian, SpanishMeans
"blackbird", ultimately from Latin
merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.
NEGRI ItalianNickname derived from Italian
negro "black", used to refer to someone with dark hair or dark skin.
NERI ItalianFrom Italian
nero "black", indicating a person with a dark complexion or dark hair.
NIEDDU ItalianFrom Sardinian
nieddu meaning
"black", derived from Latin
niger.
RAPP (2) GermanFrom Middle High German
raben meaning
"raven", a nickname for a person with black hair.
SCHWARZ German, JewishMeans
"black" in German, from Old High German
swarz. It originally described a person with black hair or a dark complexion.