Search references for BLOCK INC. Phrases containing BLOCK INC
See searches and references containing BLOCK INC!BLOCK INC
American financial services company
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by
Block,_Inc.
American tax preparation company
H&R Block, Inc., or H&R Block, is an American tax preparation company operating in Canada, the United States, and Australia. The company was founded in
H&R_Block
American entrepreneur (born 1976)
businessman who co-founded Twitter, Inc., which operated social media service Twitter; financial technology company Block, Inc., which owns and operates Square
Jack_Dorsey
Offline Bluetooth messaging app
messaging app developed by Jack Dorsey, co‑founder of Twitter (now X) and Block, Inc. Announced in July 2025, Bitchat enables users to send messages via Bluetooth
BitChat
Irish-American business executive (born 1972)
technology company Nextdoor from 2018 to 2024 and the CFO of Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) from 2012 to 2018. Born in 1972, Friar grew up in the town
Sarah_Friar
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Block, Blocks, block, blocked, or blocks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Block or blocked may refer to: Block programming, the result of a
Block
American mobile payment service developed by Block, Inc.
Square Cash) is a digital wallet for American consumers. Launched by Block, Inc., in 2013, it allows users to send, receive, and save money; access debit
Cash_App
American short-selling activist firm
reports include Super Micro Computer, Adani Group, Nikola, Clover Health, Block, Inc., Kandi, and Lordstown Motors. The reports also featured defenses of the
Hindenburg_Research
Australian entrepreneur
for every transaction. In August 2021 Afterpay and Square, Inc. (later renamed Block, Inc. in December 2021), a digital payments company, announced they
Nick_Molnar
American billionaire businessman
(born 1965 or 1966) is an American billionaire businessman who co-founded Block, Inc. McKelvey was appointed as an independent director of the Federal Reserve
Jim_McKelvey
American artificial intelligence company
former Nextdoor CEO and former CFO at Block, Inc. Chief Product Officer: Kevin Weil, previously at Twitter, Inc. and Meta Platforms Chief Research Officer:
OpenAI
American punk rock singer
themes. Cinder Block and Jeffery Bischoff founded a licensing and merchandising store, Cinder Block, Inc, in 1989. Cinder Block, Inc. was based in Oakland
Cinder_Block_(musician)
Bitcoin cryptocurrency hardware wallet product
bitcoin, available in the U.S. and 95 other countries. Launched in 2023 by Block, Inc., a company founded by Jack Dorsey, Bitkey began shipping in March 2024
Bitkey
Australian businessperson
started the company in 2014. As of February 2025, Eisen currently sits on Block, Inc's board of directors. Eisen attended Sydney Grammar School and graduated
Anthony_Eisen
Financial services provided by Block, Inc.
sellers with physical or online stores. Launched in 2009 by Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.), it enables merchants to accept card payments and manage
Square_(financial_services)
Social media smartphone app
the service would close in the coming week. For $1 million, Block, Inc. (formally Square, Inc.), purchased Yik Yak's intellectual property and hired several
Yik_Yak
Bitcoin node and wallet software
Core developers included Brink, Chaincode Labs, Spiral (a subsidiary of Block, Inc.), Blockstream, and the Human Rights Foundation, according to research
Bitcoin_Core
Australian financial technology company
Founded in 2014 by Nick Molnar and Anthony Eisen, it is now owned by Block, Inc. As of 2023, Afterpay serves 24 million users, processes US$27.3 billion
Afterpay
Subscription-based music streaming service
streaming service, launched in 2014 by Aspiro and now majority-owned by Block, Inc. Tidal is available in 61 countries and licenses 100 million tracks and
Tidal_(service)
Style of writing Latin script
Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing, printing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing
Block_letters
2025-07-20. Retrieved 2025-09-27. "Block, Inc. - Company Profile Report | IBISWorld". www.ibisworld.com. Retrieved 2025-09-27. "Block, formerly known as Square
Economy_of_California
U.S. large-cap stock market index
Apple Inc. - Nasdaq: AAPL Microsoft - Nasdaq: MSFT Amazon - Nasdaq: AMZN Alphabet Inc. (Class A) - Nasdaq: GOOGL Broadcom - Nasdaq: AVGO Alphabet Inc. (Class
Russell_1000_Index
American tax preparation company
"H&R Block drops TaxACT buy after antitrust ruling". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 3 April 2018. United States v. H&R Block, Inc., 2SS Holdings, Inc., and
TaxAct
2023 studio album by Erica Campbell
is produced by her husband Warryn Campbell and was released under My Block Inc. It was preceded by the singles "Positive" and "Feel Alright (Blessed)"
I Love You (Erica Campbell album)
I_Love_You_(Erica_Campbell_album)
Web hosting service
Weebly, a subsidiary of Block, Inc., is an American web hosting and web development company based in San Francisco, California. Founded in 2006 by David
Weebly
Canadian toy company
Mega Play!, a block set large enough for children to fit inside, was also launched. With shares trading at almost $30, in 2005 Mega Bloks, Inc. acquired Rose
Mega_Brands
Pseudonym of the creator of Bitcoin
relation to Wright's £911 billion lawsuit against Jack Dorsey's company Block, Inc. Vili Lehdonvirta and Michael Clear – In 2011, The New Yorker claimed
Satoshi_Nakamoto
Topics referred to by the same term
City Dressed in Dynamite Block, Inc., an American financial services and digital payments company, formerly known as Square Inc. Square (financial services)
Square_(disambiguation)
Constituency of the Odisha legislative assembly in India
Odisha. This constituency includes Kantabanji, Turekela block, Bangomunda block and Muribahal block. MLAs were Prasanna Pal of JD in 1990, independent candidate
Kantabanji Assembly constituency
Kantabanji_Assembly_constituency
Basketball Association's (NBA) block title is awarded to the player with the highest blocks per game average in a given season. The block title was first recognized
List of NBA annual blocks leaders
List_of_NBA_annual_blocks_leaders
to Charlotte, North Carolina Bechtel - relocated to Reston, Virginia Block, Inc. - no designated headquarters location since 2022 California State Automobile
List of companies based in San Francisco
List_of_companies_based_in_San_Francisco
Browser extension to block adverstisements
based on uBlock Origin. In April 2021, eyeo GmbH (developer of Adblock Plus) announced its purchase of AdBlock, Inc (formerly BetaFish, Inc). Gundlach
AdBlock
Medical equipment company
ResMed Inc. is a medical equipment company based in San Diego, California, and founded in Australia. It primarily provides cloud-connectable medical devices
ResMed
2024 studio album by MC Lyte
American rapper MC Lyte. The album was released in 2024 via My Block Inc. and Sunni Gyrl Inc. in partnership with Vydia, and featured production from Warryn
1_of_1_(MC_Lyte_album)
Topics referred to by the same term
a 1978 short story by Ursula K. Le Guin Singapore Airlines (IATA:SQ) Block, Inc., a financial services company (NYSE:SQ) Sûreté du Québec, a Canadian
SQ
American venture capital firm
include Cylance, Rubrik, Nutanix, and Replit. Khosla Ventures invested in Block, Inc.'s Series A funding round in 2009 before the company went public in 2015
Khosla_Ventures
American musical artist
Campbell released her first EP, Art & Beat, in 2013, through Warryn's My Block Inc. and eOne Music. In 2018, she appeared in the TV One reality show We're
Joi_Campbell
2001 film by Pete Docter
Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Pete Docter and written by Andrew Stanton and Daniel Gerson. Produced by Pixar
Monsters,_Inc.
Israeli-American cloud information security company
Wiz, Inc. is an Israeli-American cloud security company, headquartered in New York City, that has been part of Google Cloud since March 2026. The company
Wiz,_Inc.
Productivity technique
and recreation. Jack Dorsey, ex-CEO of Twitter and CEO of Block, Inc., is known to block entire days thematically. He described his schedule as: On Monday
Timeblocking
Illinois-based insurance agency
and is currently owned by Daniel Block. The agency was founded in 2000 as Nyman Advisors, Inc. by Scot Nyman. Block and Nyman renamed the agency "Insurance
Insurance_King
American television programming block
Williams Street, a subsidiary of The Cartoon Network, Inc. that also produces much of the block's original programming. Launched on September 2, 2001,
Adult_Swim
Construction toy
are made by PixelBlocks Inc. PixelBlocks are roughly 3/8" (0.9 cm) square and translucent. Their edges are grooved so that the blocks can be linked to
PixelBlocks
American multinational entertainment company
The Cartoon Network, Inc. (TCN) is an American multinational entertainment company operating as a unit of Warner Bros. Discovery through its Global Linear
The_Cartoon_Network,_Inc.
Payment protocol for Bitcoin
Lightning Development Kit (LDK), is maintained by Spiral, a subsidiary of Block, Inc. On January 19, 2019, pseudonymous Twitter user hodlonaut began a game-like
Lightning_Network
American supermarket company
Albertsons Companies, Inc. is an American grocery company founded and headquartered in Boise, Idaho. With 2,253 stores as of the third quarter of fiscal
Albertsons
Rural area earmarked for administration and development in India
In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply a block is a sub-division of a district, administratively earmarked for planning and development
Community_development_block
American cable television channel
Cartoon Network, Inc., it primarily targets children aged 6 to 12, though some early morning programming, formerly of the Cartoonito block, is aimed at preschool-aged
Cartoon_Network
Neighborhood non-profit organizations
Underhill Avenue Block Association CAMBA, Inc. (Church Avenue Merchant Block Association)) Maple Street Block Association Green Avenue Block Association 100
List of New York City Block and Neighborhood Associations
List_of_New_York_City_Block_and_Neighborhood_Associations
Topics referred to by the same term
top-level domain released in 2014 XYZ (computer), a Polish computer invention Block, Inc., American financial technology company which trades on the NYSE as XYZ
XYZ
American singer and songwriter (born 1977)
2014. Rucker, Jermaine. "Warryn Campbell signs Musiq Soulchild to My Block Inc". gospelbreak.com. Gospel Break. Retrieved September 14, 2014. Murray
Musiq_Soulchild
American multinational food and animal care corporation
Mars, Incorporated (doing business as Mars Inc.) is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider
Mars_Inc.
American international technology company
Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through
Alphabet_Inc.
British holding company
March 2015. In March 2021, majority ownership in Tidal was acquired by Block, Inc. On 30 January 2015, it was announced that Project Panther Bidco Ltd.
Project_Panther_Bidco
Irish-American multinational financial services and SaaS company
Stripe, Inc. is an Irish and American multinational financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company dual-headquartered in South San Francisco
Stripe,_Inc.
American information technology corporation
HP Inc. is an American multinational information technology company with its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, that develops personal computers (PCs)
HP_Inc.
Sequence of bits or bytes of a fixed size
fixed length; a block size. Data thus structured are said to be blocked. The process of putting data into blocks is called blocking, while deblocking
Block_(data_storage)
Unicode character block
block containing the most common CJK ideographs used in modern Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Vietnamese characters. When contrasted with other blocks
CJK Unified Ideographs (Unicode block)
CJK_Unified_Ideographs_(Unicode_block)
American multinational technology company
Apple Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Cupertino, California, in Silicon Valley, and known for consumer electronics
Apple_Inc.
U.S. insurance company
Lemonade, Inc. is an American insurance company. The company offers renters' insurance, homeowners' insurance, car insurance, pet insurance, and term
Lemonade,_Inc.
American construction-equipment manufacturer
Caterpillar Inc. (often shortened to CAT) is an American construction, mining, and other engineering equipment manufacturer. The company is the world's
Caterpillar_Inc.
American multinational technology conglomerate
Meta Platforms, Inc. (doing business as Meta) is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates
Meta_Platforms
Historical practice of selling multiple films to a theater as a unit
Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. (1948). Under block booking, "independent ('unaffiliated') theater owners were forced
Block_booking
American telecommunications company (1983–2006)
MCI, Inc. (formerly WorldCom and MCI WorldCom) was a telecommunications company. For a time, it was the second-largest long-distance telephone company
MCI_Inc.
1986 studio album by New Kids on the Block
New Kids on the Block is the debut studio album from American pop boy band New Kids on the Block released on April 1, 1986, by Columbia Records. The album
New_Kids_on_the_Block_(album)
American business executive (born 1972)
Prior to joining Block, Campbell served as the president and CEO of TaxAct from 2018 until 2022, when the company was sold to Blucora, Inc. After the sale
Curtis_Campbell_(executive)
American biotechnology company
Illumina, Inc. is an American biotechnology company, headquartered in San Diego, California. Incorporated on April 1, 1998, Illumina develops, manufactures
Illumina,_Inc.
American multinational technology company
Google, Inc. Archived from the original on September 26, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2010. "Google donates $15 mn in relief to Ukraine, blocks RT, Sputnik
Single-shot firearm action
A falling-block action (also known as a sliding-block or dropping-block action) is a single-shot firearm action in which a solid metal breechblock slides
Falling-block_action
American media holding company
Block Communications Inc. (also known as Blade Communications) is an American privately held holding company of various assets, mainly in the print and
Block_Communications
American fashion holding company
Tapestry, Inc. is an American holding company based in New York City which is the parent company of Coach New York and Kate Spade New York. Originally
Tapestry,_Inc.
On-demand cloud computing provider
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) is a subsidiary of Amazon that provides on-demand cloud computing platforms and APIs to individuals, companies, and governments
Amazon_Web_Services
Memorial of gun violence
Chicago "Kids Off The Block, Inc. (KOB)". Retrieved 2012-02-19. "Kids off the Block - Chicago, IL". "About | Kids Off The Block". www.kidsofftheblock
Kids_Off_the_Block
American multinational food and beverage corporation
PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase. PepsiCo's business
PepsiCo
Unicode character block
Hieroglyphs is a Unicode block containing the Gardiner's sign list of Egyptian hieroglyphs. The Egyptian Hieroglyphs Unicode block has 133 standardized variants
Egyptian Hieroglyphs (Unicode block)
Egyptian_Hieroglyphs_(Unicode_block)
Merged American media conglomerate (1972–2022)
Communications launched a counterbid of $12.2 billion to acquire Time Inc. in a stock-swap deal to block the merger. Time rejected Paramount's offer and requested
WarnerMedia
Annual software engineering conference
compared to 2023 and 2024. Jack Dorsey's scheduled talk representing Block, Inc. caused controversy due to Dorsey's involvement in selling Twitter to
FOSDEM
Distributed data store for digital transactions
records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp
Blockchain
American social media company (2006–2023)
Twitter, Inc. was an American social media company based in San Francisco, California, which operated and was named for its flagship social media network
Twitter,_Inc.
1948 U.S. Supreme Court ruling on monopolistic practices by the film industry
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., 334 U.S. 131 (1948) (also known as the Hollywood Antitrust Case of 1948, the Paramount Case, or the Paramount
United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
Ridley Inc. is an American-based company that manufactures and markets a broad range of complete feed rations, nutritional supplements, feeding blocks and
Ridley_Inc.
Unicode character block
IPA Extensions is a block (U+0250–U+02AF) of the Unicode standard that contains full size letters used in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). Both
IPA_Extensions
American electronics company
Polymer PTC division of Therm-O-Disc, Inc. 2008: the Transient Blocking Unit (TBU) assets of Fultec Semiconductor, Inc. 2008: the Protection Products assets
Bourns,_Inc.
Financial technology company
Plaid Inc. is an American financial services company based in San Francisco, California. The company builds a data transfer network that powers fintech
Plaid_Inc.
Political party in India
The Indian National Congress (INC), also known as the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a big tent political party in India. It is India’s oldest
Indian_National_Congress
Standard-sized block used in construction
A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various
Concrete_block
Graphical representation of [[Black box]] structure
FAQ: What is a Block Definition Diagram (BDD)?". SysML.org. Retrieved 2025-05-11. "SysML Block Definition Diagram". NoMagic. No Magic Inc. Retrieved 10
Block_definition_diagram
Unicode character block
Armenian is a Unicode block containing characters for writing the Armenian language, both the classical and reformed orthographies. Five Armenian ligatures
Armenian_(Unicode_block)
Children's programming block on Univision
programming block that airs on the Spanish language television network Univision, which debuted on September 15, 2001. The three-hour block – which airs
Planeta_U
Lossless compression algorithm
Each block has a 3-bit header with two fields: BFINAL (first bit): 1 if this is the last block in the sequence, else 0. BTYPE (next two bits): Block type
Deflate
American film distribution studio
Vista Film Distribution Company Inc. (later renamed Buena Vista Distribution Inc. and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Inc.). It took on its current name
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Walt_Disney_Studios_Motion_Pictures
American animation studio and production company
Paws, Inc., doing business as Paws, Incorporated, is an American animation studio and production company founded by American cartoonist Jim Davis in 1981
Paws,_Inc.
Unicode character block
Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1991 [1990]. ISBN 0-201-56788-1. "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1
Latin-1_Supplement
Canadian children's television channel
owned by YTV Canada, Inc., a subsidiary of Corus Entertainment, and was named after sister network YTV's former programming block, "The Treehouse". When
Treehouse_TV
Efficient sorting algorithm that combines insert and merge operations
Block sort, or block merge sort, is a sorting algorithm combining at least two merge operations with an insertion sort to arrive at O(n log n) (see Big
Block_sort
Mobile app and video game development company
Niantic, Inc. (/naɪˈæntɪk/ ny-AN-tik) is an American software development company and video game developer based in San Francisco. Niantic is known for
Niantic,_Inc.
Unicode character block
0, Volume 1. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. 1990. ISBN 0-201-56788-1. "3.8: Block-by-Block Charts" (PDF). The Unicode Standard. version 1.0
Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)
Software feature removing online advertising in a web browser or application
Ad blocking (or ad filtering) is a software capability for blocking or altering online advertising in a web browser, an application or a network. This
Ad_blocking
Unicode character block
other symbols instead of the intended characters. Emoticons is a Unicode block containing emoticons or emoji. Most of them are intended as representations
Emoticons_(Unicode_block)
American healthcare company
IQVIA Holdings, Inc. is an American company based in Durham, North Carolina, focused on health information technology and clinical research. The company
IQVIA
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
Girl/Female
Muslim
Clock
Male
English
The Badger
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
Boy/Male
German American English
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Boy/Male
English
Dark.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a locksmith, from Middle English, Old English loc ‘lock’, ‘fastening’.English : topographic name for someone who lived near an enclosure, a place that could be locked, Middle English loke, Old English loca (a derivative of loc as in 1). Middle English loke also came to be used to denote a barrier, in particular a barrier on a river which could be opened and closed at will, and, by extension, a bridge. The surname may thus also have been a metonymic occupational name for a lock-keeper.English, Dutch, and German : nickname for a person with fine hair, or curly hair, from Middle English loc, Middle High German lock(e) ‘lock (of hair)’, ‘curl’.Americanized spelling of German Loch.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : of uncertain origin; possibly a nickname for someone with thick curly hair, from Old French floc ‘stable of wool’. Alternatively, it may be a metonymic occupational name for a shepherd, from Old English flocc ‘herd’, ‘company’.German : unexplained.German (Flöck) : variant of Flück (see Fluck), or from a pet form of a personal name formed with Old Saxon flÅd ‘flood’.
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained; possibly from Middle English bleik, blek(e) ‘pallid’, ‘sallow’ (from Old Norse bleikr ‘pale’) with alteration of the vowel, although Reaney suggests it may be a nickname derived from Middle English blikie(n) ‘to shine or gleam’ (from Old English blīcian).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : origin uncertain; possibly from German Blick or Yiddish blik ‘glance’, ‘look’, and based on some now irrecoverable anecdote.German : Prussian variant of Blek, a nickname from Middle High German blic ‘shine’.German : short form of the Low German occupational name Blickslager ‘tinsmith’. Compare Bleck.German : from a short form of the Germanic personal name Bligger, Blickhart, based on blic ‘gleam’, ‘shine’, later ‘pale’.
Surname or Lastname
Scottish and English
Scottish and English : from Middle English blak(e) ‘black’ (Old English blæc, blaca), a nickname given from the earliest times to a swarthy or dark-haired man.Scottish and English : from Old English blÄc ‘pale’, ‘fair’, i.e. precisely the opposite meaning to 1, and a variant of Blake 2. Blake and Black are found more or less interchangeably in several surnames and place names.English : variant of Blanc as a Norman name. The pronunciation of the nasalized vowel gave considerable difficulty to English speakers, and its quality was often ignored.Scottish and Irish : translation of various names from Gaelic dubh ‘black’ (see Duff).Danish and Swedish : generally, probably the English and Scottish name, but in some cases perhaps a variant spelling of Blak, a nickname from blak ‘black’.In some cases, a translation of various names meaning ‘black’, for example German and Jewish Schwarz.
Surname or Lastname
German
German : nickname for a man with some fancied resemblance to a he-goat, Middle High German boc, or a habitational name from a house distinguished by the sign of a goat.Altered spelling of German Böck (see Boeck) or Bach.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Bock ‘he-goat’.English : variant of Buck.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and North German
English, Scottish, and North German : variant of Brook.English, Scottish, and Scandinavian : nickname for a person supposedly resembling a badger, Middle English broc(k) (Old English brocc) and Danish brok (a word of Celtic origin; compare Welsh broch, Cornish brogh, Irish broc). In the Middle Ages badgers were regarded as unpleasant creatures.English : nickname from Old French broque, brock ‘young stag’.Dutch : from a personal name, a short form of Brockaert .South German : nickname for a stout and strong man from Middle High German brocke ‘lump’, ‘piece’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : probably an acronymic family name from Jewish Aramaic bar- or Hebrew ben- ‘son of’, and the first letter of each part of a Yiddish double male personal name. Compare Brill.Jewish (from Poland) : habitational name from Brok, a place in Poland.
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
Girl/Female
Muslim
Spring, Blossom
Female
Thai/Siamese
Thai name LAMAI means "soft."
Male
Welsh
Welsh name GRWN means "ridge."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Dense Forest
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Life
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Wind
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Indian
Dried Date Fruit
Boy/Male
English
Austere.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Happy
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Pashtun
Brilliant and Lovely
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
BLOCK INC
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
a.
Having black eyes.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
n.
A negro; a person whose skin is of a black color, or shaded with black; esp. a member or descendant of certain African races.
v. t.
A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
a.
Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it; of the color of soot or coal; of the darkest or a very dark color, the opposite of white; characterized by such a color; as, black cloth; black hair or eyes.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
n.
The striking of a clock.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.