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Hillside letter on Mount Van Cott in Salt Lake City, Utah
The Block U is a large concrete hillside letter on Mount Van Cott in Salt Lake City, Utah. The stylized "U" is a logo of the University of Utah and is
Block_U
Unicode character block
Block Elements block: U+220E ∎ END OF PROOF in the Mathematical Operators Unicode block. U+25A0 ■ BLACK SQUARE in the Geometric Shapes Unicode block.
Block_Elements
Unicode block containing some special codepoints and two non-characters
short Unicode block of characters allocated at the very end of the Basic Multilingual Plane, at U+FFF0–FFFF, containing these code points: U+FFF9 INTERLINEAR
Specials_(Unicode_block)
Extended-D (Unicode block) Mandaic (Unicode block) Samaritan (Unicode block) The range from U+0900 to U+0DFF includes Devanagari, Bengali script, Gurmukhi
List_of_Unicode_characters
Web browser content blocking extension
uBlock Origin (/ˈjuːblɒk/ YOO-blok) is a free and open-source browser extension for content filtering, including ad blocking. The extension is available
UBlock_Origin
this block is U+2102, U+2107, U+210A–U+2113, U+2115, U+2118–U+211D, U+2124, U+2128–U+2129, U+212C–U+212D, U+212F–U+2131, U+2133–U+2138, U+213C–U+2149
Mathematical operators and symbols in Unicode
Mathematical_operators_and_symbols_in_Unicode
Japanese syllabary
block for Kana Supplement is U+1B000–U+1B0FF: The Unicode block for Small Kana Extension is U+1B130–U+1B16F: The Kana Extended-A Unicode block is U+1B100–1B12F
Katakana
Unicode character block
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms is a Unicode block U+FF00–FFEF, provided so that older encodings containing both halfwidth and fullwidth characters can
Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms (Unicode block)
Halfwidth_and_Fullwidth_Forms_(Unicode_block)
Block of Unicode symbols
respectively. The Geometric Shapes block contains eight emoji: U+25AA–U+25AB, U+25B6, U+25C0 and U+25FB–U+25FE. The block has sixteen standardized variants
Geometric Shapes (Unicode block)
Geometric_Shapes_(Unicode_block)
American golfer and club professional (born 1976)
Block was also given a sponsor's exemption for the following week's Charles Schwab Challenge, where he finished last. Block did not qualify for the U
Michael_Block
Unicode block
U+2640, U+2642, U+2648–U+2653, U+265F–U+2660, U+2663, U+2665–U+2666, U+2668, U+267B, U+267E–U+267F, U+2692–U+2697, U+2699, U+269B–U+269C, U+26A0–U+26A1
Miscellaneous_Symbols
Samsung almost completely covers the rest of the Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2600‥FF) as emoji, which includes chess pieces, game die faces, some traffic
List_of_emojis
Unicode character block
Cherokee block (U+13A0 to U+13FF) contains all the uppercase letters plus six lowercase letters. The Cherokee Supplement block (U+AB70 to U+ABBF), added
Cherokee_(Unicode_block)
Unicode script encoding
across several blocks: Cyrillic: U+0400–U+04FF, 256 characters Cyrillic Supplement: U+0500–U+052F, 48 characters Cyrillic Extended-A: U+2DE0–U+2DFF, 32 characters
Cyrillic_script_in_Unicode
Alternative width characters in East Asian typography
the name. Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms is also the name of a Unicode block U+FF00–FFEF, provided so that older encodings containing both halfwidth and
Halfwidth_and_fullwidth_forms
Symbol often denoting 'yes' or 'correct'
is in the U+27xx Dingbats block: U+237B ⍻ NOT CHECK MARK U+2610 ☐ BALLOT BOX U+2611 ☑ BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK U+2705 ✅ WHITE HEAVY CHECK MARK U+2713 ✓ CHECK
Check_mark
Input method
Shift+U, and typing the hex number followed by the space bar or enter key. For example, For the registered trademark symbol ®, type Ctrl+⇧ Shift+U, AE,
Alt_code
Typographic symbol class
allocated to "normal" character sets. The Dingbats block (U+2700–U+27BF) (under the original block name "Zapf Dingbats", so named for type designer Hermann
Dingbat
Assigning relative values to playing cards of equal rank based on their suit
Symbols block (U+2660/4 for ♠, U+2661/5 for ♥, U+2662/6 for ♦, and U+2663/7 for ♣) and Playing Cards block (U+1F0A1–1F0AE for ♠, U+1F0B1–1F0BE for ♥, U+1F0C1–1F0CE
High_card_by_suit
Computer text file character representing blank space
medial position within a syllable block, which are included in the Hangul Jamo block (U+115F ᅟ HANGUL CHOSEONG FILLER, U+1160 ᅠ HANGUL JUNGSEONG FILLER)
Whitespace_character
Unicode 1.x block, removed in Unicode 2.0
syllables. These three Unicode 1.x blocks were deleted and superseded by the new Hangul Syllables block (U+AC00–U+D7AF) in Unicode 2.0 (July 1996) and
Hangul (obsolete Unicode block)
Hangul_(obsolete_Unicode_block)
Script used to write the Greek language
as U+03B1 U+0304 U+0301, this rarely renders well: ᾱ́. There are two main blocks of Greek characters in Unicode. The first is "Greek and Coptic" (U+0370
Greek_alphabet
Unicode block of typographical symbols
blocks. There is also a block with more of these characters in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane named Enclosed Alphanumeric Supplement (U+1F100–U+1F1FF)
Enclosed_Alphanumerics
Unicode block (U+1D000..U+1D0FF)
Symbols block: Byzantine music Musical Symbols (Unicode block) Ancient Greek Musical Notation (Unicode block) Znamenny Musical Notation (Unicode block) "Unicode
Byzantine_Musical_Symbols
Symbol showing if electrical power is on
Technical" block, with code points 23FB-FE, with the exception of U+2B58 ⭘ HEAVY CIRCLE, which belongs to the "Miscellaneous Symbols and Arrows" block. U+23FB
Power_symbol
Unicode character block
U+1161 to U+1175, and then optionally one character from U+11A8 to U+11C2) is converted to a single character in the Hangul Syllables Unicode block (e
Hangul_Jamo_(Unicode_block)
Named range of Unicode code points
noncharacter code points U+FDD0..U+FDEF share none of the properties common to the other characters in the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block, that they are certainly
Unicode_block
Unicode block
Unicode block containing line, curve, and semicircle symbols terminating in barbs or arrows. The Arrows block contains eight emoji: U+2194–U+2199 and U+21A9–U+21AA
Arrows_(Unicode_block)
Geometrical figure
symbols in the "Dingbat" block (U+2700–U+27BF): ✕ ✖ ✗ ✘ ✙ ✚ ✛ ✜ ✝ ✞ ✟ ✠ ✢ ✣ ✤ ✥ The Miscellaneous Symbols block (U+2626 to U+262F) adds three specific
Cross
Symbol depicting a pointing finger
Miscellaneous Symbols block. U+261A ☚ BLACK LEFT POINTING INDEX U+261B ☛ BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX U+261C ☜ WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX U+261D ☝︎ WHITE UP POINTING
Manicule
Public university in Salt Lake City, Utah, US
The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850
University_of_Utah
Three related alphabets used to write Georgian
in three Unicode blocks. The first block (U+10A0–U+10FF) is simply called Georgian. Mkhedruli (modern Georgian) occupies the U+10D0–U+10FF range (shown
Georgian_scripts
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
Unicode character block
block. U+2019 ’ RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK is preferred over U+055A ՚ ARMENIAN APOSTROPHE. U+02BB ʻ MODIFIER LETTER TURNED COMMA is preferred over U+0559
Armenian_(Unicode_block)
Japanese syllabary
Unicode block for Kana Supplement is U+1B000–U+1B0FF, and is immediately followed by the Kana Extended-A block (U+1B100–U+1B12F). These blocks include
Hiragana
Unicode for depicting playing cards' fonts and symbols
depicting the French card suits. The Miscellaneous Symbols block contains the following, at U+2660–2667: There are two rows for each Unicode symbol: the
Playing_cards_in_Unicode
Unicode character block
Supplement) is the second Unicode block in the Unicode standard. It encodes the upper range of ISO 8859-1: 80 (U+0080) – FF (U+00FF). C1 Controls (0080–009F)
Latin-1_Supplement
Unicode character block
in one byte in UTF-8. The block contains all the letters and control codes of the ASCII encoding. It ranges from U+0000 to U+007F, contains 128 characters
Basic_Latin_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
a Unicode block. In version 3.0 (1999), this separate Kangxi Radicals block was introduced which encodes the 214 radicals in sequence, at U+2F00–2FD5
Kangxi Radicals (Unicode block)
Kangxi_Radicals_(Unicode_block)
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 children's pay television channel
the Afternoon block, "U-Pick Live" allowed viewer interaction in selecting the programs (usually cartoons) that would air on the block via voting on the
Nickelodeon
Unicode character block
The Takri block U+11680–U+116CF was added to the Unicode Standard in January 2012 with the release of version 6.1. The addition was made possible in part
Takri_(Unicode_block)
Hand gesture
index and pinky finger are straight and parallel to each other, forming a block "U." Fans of Northwestern State University Demon athletics also use a similar
Sign_of_the_horns
Children's programming block on Univision
Planeta U (English: "Planet U"), usually referenced as Tu Planeta U ("Your Planet U") is an American children's programming block that airs on the Spanish
Planeta_U
Text characters representing chess pieces
the block Miscellaneous Symbols. In Unicode 12.0, the Chess Symbols block (U+1FA00–U+1FA6F) was allocated for inclusion of extra chess piece representations
Chess_symbols_in_Unicode
Characters for drawing frames and boxes
Unicode blocks Box Drawing Block Elements Geometric Shapes Symbols for Legacy Computing Symbols for Legacy Computing Supplement Box Drawing U+2500-U+257F
Box-drawing_characters
South Korean boy band
Block B (Korean: 블락비) is a South Korean boy band managed by KQ Entertainment, and consists of seven members: Taeil, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, U-Kwon, Park Kyung
Block_B
American financial services company
Founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey, it is the U.S. market leader in point-of-sale systems. As of 2024, Block serves 57 million users and 4 million sellers
Block,_Inc.
Type of geoglyph common in the Western United States
Battalion Park, Calgary, Alberta, Canada The Big "C", Berkeley, California Block U, Salt Lake City, Utah C-Rock, New York City Canisteo Living Sign Groudle
Hillside_letters
2009 TV series or program
The Chopping Block is an American reality television series, based on the Australian reality television series of the same name. The series aired on the
The Chopping Block (American TV series)
The_Chopping_Block_(American_TV_series)
Writing system
counterclockwise when displayed in horizontal lines. The Unicode block for Mongolian is U+1800–U+18AF. It includes letters, digits and various punctuation marks
Mongolian_script
Long-range, subsonic cruise missile
2027. MST kit: Converts an older Block IV TACTOM into a re-certified Block Va MST TACTOM. In 2025, a spokesperson for the U.S. Navy's Tomahawk program announced
Tomahawk_missile
Unicode character block
In Unicode, the block Old Turkic is located from U+10C00 to U+10C4F. It is used to display the Old Turkic alphabet. The following Unicode-related documents
Old_Turkic_(Unicode_block)
United States historic place
The Spaulding Block is a historic commercial building in Webster, Massachusetts. One of the oldest commercial buildings in Webster, this three story brick
Spaulding_Block
Unicode character block
characters. Early Dynastic Cuneiform is a Unicode block of the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP), at U+12480–U+1254F, introduced in version 8.0 (June 2015)
Early_Dynastic_Cuneiform
Typographical symbol
punctuation marks are encoded in the Greek and Coptic block: U+037E “;” GREEK QUESTION MARK and U+0387 “·” GREEK ANO TELEIA. The Greek question mark (or
Interpunct
Unicode character block
other symbols instead of the intended characters. Duployan is a Unicode block containing characters for various Duployan shorthands, including French
Duployan_(Unicode_block)
Operators to indicate precedence order
operators are denoted by the unicode symbols U+227A-F, along with symbols located unicode blocks U+228x through U+22Ex. The relationship x precedes y is written
Ordered_set_operators
United States historic place
The Thom Block is an historic mixed-used commercial and residential building at 83-89 Main Street in Milford, Massachusetts. It is distinctive as being
Thom_Block
United States historic place
The Butler Block is an historic mixed use residential and commercial building located at 166 Linwood Street, in Uxbridge, Massachusetts. This 2+1⁄2 brick
Butler_Block
United States historic place
The Harrington Block is a historic commercial and retail building at 376–390 Moody Street in Waltham, Massachusetts. The three-story brick building was
Harrington_Block
American multi-role fighter aircraft
United States approved the sale of 40 new F-16 Block 70/72 "Viper" aircraft. As of 1 June 2026, the U.S. Department of War had not publicly announced
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
Unicode character block
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics is a Unicode block containing syllabic characters for writing Inuktitut, Carrier, Cree (along with several of its
Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics
Unified_Canadian_Aboriginal_Syllabics
United States historic place
The Goldsmith Block is an historic apartment building at 41 Ruggles Street, 746–750 Shawmut Avenue in Boston, Massachusetts. The four story, orange brick
Goldsmith_Block
Japanese syllabic writing systems
the Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms block (U+FF00–U+FFEF), starting at U+FF65 and ending at U+FF9F (characters U+FF61–U+FF64 are halfwidth punctuation marks):
Kana
Unicode block
Symbols is a Unicode block containing characters for fairy chess and related notations beyond the basic Western chess symbols (U+2654 to U+265F) in the Miscellaneous
Chess_Symbols
Browser extension to block adverstisements
2016, AdBlock has been based on the Adblock Plus source code. In July 2018, AdBlock acquired uBlock, a commercial ad-blocker owned by uBlock LLC and based
AdBlock
Historic pier in Boston, Massachusetts
similar structures, a grand granite warehouse known as the Custom House Block was built in 1848 atop the wharf; it has survived into the 21st century
Long_Wharf_(Boston)
United States historic place
The Atlas Block, at 523 & 528 E. Pike Ave. in Columbus in Stillwater County, Montana, is a historic commercial block building which was listed on the National
Atlas_Block
Unicode block containing additional Variation Selectors
Supplement is a Unicode block containing additional variation selectors beyond those found in the Variation Selectors block. These combining characters
Variation Selectors Supplement
Variation_Selectors_Supplement
Unicode character block
three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP): U+12000–U+123FF Cuneiform U+12400–U+1247F Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation U+12480–U+1254F
Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation
Cuneiform_Numbers_and_Punctuation
Unicode character block
Mongolian is a Unicode block containing characters for dialects of Mongolian, Manchu, and Sibe languages. It is traditionally written in vertical lines
Mongolian_(Unicode_block)
Historic residential building in Boston, Massachusetts
The Sarah Davidson Apartment Block is a historic commercial and multifamily residential building at 3 Gaylord Street in the Dorchester neighborhood of
Sarah Davidson Apartment Block
Sarah_Davidson_Apartment_Block
United States historic place
The Sutton Block is a historic commercial building in Peabody, Massachusetts. Built in 1859, this three story brick building is the only Italianate commercial
Sutton_Block
United States historic place
The Opera Block was a historic building in Westville, Oklahoma. The brick building was built in 1911–1912. It was used for multiple purposes throughout
Opera_Block
United States historic place
The Richardson Block is a historic block of commercial buildings at 113-151 Pearl and 109-119 High Streets in Boston, Massachusetts. It consists of a
Richardson_Block
Unicode denominator & numerator glyphs
Supplement block has several more: Latin/IPA ᶛ ᶜ ᶝ ᶞ ᶟ ᶠ ᶡ ᶢ ᶣ ᶤ ᶥ ᶦ ᶧ ᶨ ᶩ ᶪ ᶫ ᶬ ᶭ ᶮ ᶯ ᶰ ᶱ ᶲ ᶳ ᶴ ᶵ ᶶ ᶷ ᶸ ᶹ ᶺ ᶻ ᶼ ᶽ ᶾ, Greek ᶿ. The Cyrillic Extended-B block contains
Unicode subscripts and superscripts
Unicode_subscripts_and_superscripts
Unicode character block
Unicode block containing aksara Jawa characters traditionally used for writing the Javanese language. The Unicode block for Javanese is U+A980–U+A9DF. There
Javanese_(Unicode_block)
Historic building in Oakland, California
Dunns Block is a historical building in Oakland, California. The Dunns Block was built in 1879. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic
Dunns_Block
United States historic place
The Shepard Block is a historic rowhouse at 298–304 Essex Street in Salem, Massachusetts. It consists of a row of four brick residences, which were built
Shepard_Block
United States historic place
The Heins Block is the most prominent commercial building in the city of Olivia, Minnesota, United States. It was built in 1896 to house a bank and a
Heins_Block
Historic commercial building in New York, United States
Tanner Block is a historic commercial building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It was built in 1890 and is a four-story brick structure
Tanner_Block
Purposely unassigned Unicode code points
Basic Multilingual Plane (U+E000–U+F8FF), and one each in, and nearly covering, planes 15 and 16 (U+F0000–U+FFFFD, U+100000–U+10FFFD). They are intentionally
Private_Use_Areas
Ethio-Semitic language
and Ubuntu. Amharic script is included in Unicode, in the Ethiopic block (U+1200 – U+137F). Nyala font is included on Windows 7 (see YouTube video) and
Amharic
Sector in Capital Territory, Pakistan
Block S: Ministry of States & Frontier Regions Block T: Block U: Block V: Block W: Block X: Block Y: Block Z: "Government Offices « Welcome to Islamabad
Pakistan_Secretariat
American surface-to-air missile
scheduled to deliver 25 Block 2 missiles during the program's integrated testing phase. The Block 2 RAM was delivered to the U.S. Navy in August 2014,
RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile
RIM-116_Rolling_Airframe_Missile
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
United States historic place
The Young Block, at 3–17 S. Main St. in Richfield, Utah, is a building built in 1907. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980
Young_Block
United States historic place
Beckers Block is a group of historic commercial buildings in Huntsville, Alabama. The two-story, five-bay structure was built in 1925. Each bay is separated
Beckers_Block
Unicode character block
circles for emoji. The Geometric Shapes Extended block contains thirteen emoji: U+1F7E0–U+1F7EB and U+1F7F0. The following Unicode-related documents record
Geometric_Shapes_Extended
Software feature removing online advertising in a web browser or application
The AdBlock extension for Firefox was developed in 2002, with Adblock Plus being released in 2006. uBlock Origin, originally called "uBlock", was first
Ad_blocking
United States historic place
The Linton Block was a historic site in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It was a 4-storey office and domestic accommodation block built by Robert Linton in 1888
Linton_Block
U.S. anti-ship missile
equipment. Harpoon Block II missiles are designated A/R/UGM-84L. In early 2018, the U.S. State Department approved the sale of Harpoon Block II to the Mexican
Harpoon_(missile)
Unicode character block
three blocks in the Supplementary Multilingual Plane (SMP): U+12000–U+123FF Cuneiform U+12400–U+1247F Cuneiform Numbers and Punctuation U+12480–U+1254F
Cuneiform_(Unicode_block)
Unicode character block
vedic accents) are defined in two other blocks: Devanagari (U+0900–U+097F) and Devanagari Extended (U+A8E0–U+A8FF). The following Unicode-related documents
Vedic_Extensions
United States historic place
The Wellman Block is a site on the National Register of Historic Places located in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. It was added to the Register on March
Wellman_Block
Historic commercial building in New York, United States
Woodruff Block is a historic commercial building located at Oswego in Oswego County, New York. It is a four-story masonry structure built about 1840 and
Woodruff_Block
American vocal group
New Kids on the Block (stylized as NKOTB) are an American vocal group from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Initially conceived as a boy band, the group consists
New_Kids_on_the_Block
Unicode character block
other symbols instead of Braille characters. The Unicode block Braille Patterns (U+2800..U+28FF) contains all 256 possible patterns of an 8-dot braille
Braille_Patterns
United States historic place
The Barich Block is a commercial block built in 1893 in Anaconda, Montana. It was built by brick masons Daniel Dwyer and John Cosgrove. It was listed
Barich_Block
BLOCK U
BLOCK U
Male
English
The Badger
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
Muslim
Clock
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’.
Boy/Male
Muslim
Black
Boy/Male
British, English, Irish
Woods; Fortified Place; Bright; Radiant
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.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
Dark; Dark Skinned
Boy/Male
German American English
Girl/Female
Australian, Christian, Finnish, German, Latin, Swedish
Jet Black; Black Germ; Jet-black Gemstone; Coal Black
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.
Boy/Male
Muslim
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’.
Boy/Male
Native American
Black.
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
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.
Male
English
Surname transferred to forename use, derived from Old English brocc BROCK means "badger."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, English, German, Indian, Irish
Stream; Badger
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.
BLOCK U
BLOCK U
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic
Dark Stranger
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Daughter of Brahma
Surname or Lastname
English
English : patronymic for the son of a vicar or, perhaps in most cases, an occupational name for the servant of a vicar (see Vicker). In many cases it may represent an elliptical form of a topographic name. Compare Parsons.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit
Wise; A Friend of Lord Krishna; Skilful; Expert
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Touch Stone; Stone that Turns Iron to Gold
Boy/Male
Bengali, Celebrity, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sindhi, Telugu
Name of a King
Girl/Female
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu
One who is Full of Hope
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Indian, Japanese, Muslim, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Close; Near; God is My Judge
Boy/Male
Afghan, Arabic, Australian, German, Muslim
Clean; Pure; Innocent
Boy/Male
Tamil
God gift, Inherent, Inscribed into something, Within something
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n.
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
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.
a.
To make black; to blacken; to soil; to sully.
v. t.
A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.
v. t.
Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; as, a block in the way.
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.
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
n.
The striking of a clock.
a.
Black as jet; deep black.
n.
Mourning garments of a black color; funereal drapery.
n.
A black pigment or dye.
n.
A lock of wool or hair.
a.
In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds.
v. t.
To flock to; to crowd.
a.
As black as coal; jet black; very black.
v. t.
To fasten in or out, or to make secure by means of, or as with, locks; to confine, or to shut in or out -- often with up; as, to lock one's self in a room; to lock up the prisoners; to lock up one's silver; to lock intruders out of the house; to lock money into a vault; to lock a child in one's arms; to lock a secret in one's breast.
v. t.
To lock, or fasten as with a lock.
n.
A black garment or dress; as, she wears black
v. t.
To prevent ingress or access to, or exit from, by fastening the lock or locks of; -- often with up; as, to lock or lock up, a house, jail, room, trunk. etc.