From Old English blac pale fair ie.

Surname meaning black. Mary Black the Irish folk singer has her roots in Rathlin the remote island off the. From Japanese 黒 meaning black and 木 meaning tree wood. The name Black may have referred to someone with black hair or clothing or to somone who worked in a profession such as chimney sweeping which left its practitioners covered in soot.

Their name originated with an early member who was a person associated with the color black. Mary Black and Rathlin Island. A famous bearer of this name is actor and politician Arnold Schwarzenegger 1947-.

Kurosawa 黒沢 黒澤 くろさわ Japanese From Japanese 黒 kuro meaning black and 沢 澤 sawa meaning marsh. Early Origins of the Black family. Use the list below to find your last name and learn about its meaning and origins.

Black is also the 41457 th most prevalent first name worldwide It is held by 17616 people. This can also be a short form of the many Igbo names that begin with this element. Christian Igbo people use it as a name for the personal Christian god.

Chiamaka f Western African Igbo. In examining the ancient origins historians are undecided whether the name Black derives from the Old English Blaecor Blac. Those bearing the surname of Black in Scotland have often been seen as part of the Lamont.

Here are some of the most common African American last names. The surnames SCHWARTZ SCHWARZ and other variants are the German equivalents of the Black surname. Over several hundred years borders have been made changed and broken making family history difficult to trace.