Blaikie is a Scottish surname.

Blaikie
Language(s)Scots
Origin
Word/nameScotland
DerivationBlaik, a. [e.m.E. and ME. blake, ME. blaak(e, OE. blace, blaca, etc., declensional forms of blæc Blak a.] Black.
Meaningdescriptive of appearance, diminutive form of the colour black, "-ie" is a common Scots language diminutive suffix
Other names
Variant form(s)Blackie, Blaickie, Blakie, Blaikkie, Bleakie, Blekie, Bleckie
Cognate(s)Dow, Dowie, Duff, Duffie, McIldowie, McElduff, McIlduff

Etymology

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Blaikie derives from "blaik" (adj.), a word in the Scots language meaning black, plus the common Scots diminutive suffix "-ie".[1]

The Dictionar o the Scots Leid ("Dictionary of the Scots Language") says the etymology of "blaik" is: "Blaik, a. [e.m.E. and ME. blake, ME. blaak(e, OE. blace, blaca, etc., declensional forms of blæc Blak a.] Black.".[2][3]

Old records in Scotland

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Into the 20th century the Blaikie surname name has been recorded in inextricably confused forms in Scottish parish, census and statutory records, often interchangeably with the spellings "Blackie", "Blakie", "Blaickie", "Blaikkie", "Bleakie", "Blekie", "Bleckie" etc. Nowadays, the spelling of surnames is more permanent and the various spellings are independent.

The oldest surviving and digitally available old parish Kirk birth register (Church of Scotland) entry for the "Blaikie" spelling of the name is dated 29 October 1598 in the parish of Prestonpans (near Edinburgh, Scotland) for Johnne Blaikie, son of Johnne Blaikie and Cristiane Finlaysoun.

The oldest surviving and digitally available old parish Kirk registers deaths and burials (Church of Scotland) entry for the "Blaikie" spelling of the name is recorded in the Canongate Parish of Edinburgh, Scotland for John Blaikie dated March 1658.

The oldest surviving and digitally available old parish Kirk Banns and marriage register (Church of Scotland) entries for the "Blaikie" spelling of the name are dated 7th February 1604 for Umphray Young and Janet Blaikie in Edinburgh, Scotland; 14th February 1604 for Hew Myller and Jeane Blaikie in South Leith Parish, Leith, Scotland; and two entries from the Parish of Pencaitland, East Lothian for Patrik Blaikie and Nanes Dobie on 1st January 1605 and Andro Mairteine and Cristiane Blaikie on 5th July 1606.

People

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Places

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Other

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Blaikie may also refer to:

Notable people called Blaikie connected to the Jacobite Rising of 1715 and the Lord Provosts of Aberdeen

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Scottish writer Alexander MacDonald Munro reports that some men by the name of Blaikie, belonging originally to the Borders, fought in the Jacobite army in the failed Jacobite Rising of 1715. It is said that during the '15 Rising the father of a David Blaikie was called out of the ranks of the Jacobite army and shown to the so called "Old Pretender", James Francis Edward Stuart, as one of the finest Jacobite soldiers or "Highlanders", being a very big man.[30] Following the failed '15 Rising, it is said that this Jacobite soldier called Blaikie was given a land grant to farm near Dunkeld, Perthshire by Jacobite Scottish nobleman James Drummond, 2nd Duke of Perth. Around 1780, his son or grandson, John Blaikie, left Dunkeld, Perthshire and moved to Aberdeen where he had children, including two sons who would both later go on to be the Lord Provosts of Aberdeen, James and Sir Thomas.[31]

It is said that a James Blaikie bore a standard for the Scottish army at the Battle of Flodden in 1513 between Scotland and England, and was therefore among the men referenced in the Scottish ballad “Flowers of the Forest” who fell at the Battle of Flodden.[32]

See also

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References

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