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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Birch meadow

How Popular Is The Name Berkeley

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Berkeley in Gloucestershire, named in Old English with be(o)rc ‘birch’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. Compare Scottish Barclay.
  • Jewish (American) : assimilated form of Berkowitz.

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