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Black is an English and Scots name, from Middle English blak, meaning blak. Is was a nickname given to swarthy or dark-haired men from the earliest times. It is also an English and Scots name from Old English blac, meaning pale or fair. In most cases, it is now impossible to tell which meaning was originally intended in specific instances.

Black is also a variation of the Norman name Blanc, a French nickname for a man with white or fair hair or a pale complexion.

Black is also an English translation surname for many names from other languages that bean "black," such as Schwartz in German, and could also have been used if a person were a blacksmith.

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