Name profile
Berkley
feminine
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Check it with a full name ↓Old English, a habitational surname from the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire (beorce + léah, "birch clearing"); Berkley is a spelling variant used as a given name.
Why it works
- English speakers will almost certainly pronounce it correctly on the first try
- spelling is short and predictable — rarely needs repeating
Popularity
Uncommon — #888 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Meaning and origin
Berkley means "Birch lea" (a woodland clearing with birch trees), from Old English beorce ("birch") + léah ("clearing, meadow") — via the place name and surname Berkeley.
Berkley is a spelling variant of the English habitational surname Berkeley (tied to the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire), which has crossed over into use as a given name in the United States in the modern era, a common pattern for surname-derived first names.
Documented origin: Old English, a habitational surname from the town of Berkeley, Gloucestershire (beorce + léah, "birch clearing"); Berkley is a spelling variant used as a given name.
How it travels
English and Turkish are shown by default; German is included when it adds a meaningfully different reading.
Spelling stability: high — based on letter-pattern analysis, not a documented linguistic fact.
Popularity without panic
Uncommon — #888 in the latest U.S. ranking.
Still uncommon, but no longer unfamiliar.
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