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berley Name Meaning and History

  1. English: variant spelling of Burley.
  2. Probably an altered spelling of Swiss German Beerli, from a short form of the Germanic personal name Berilo, from Old High German bero ‘bear’.
  3. Possibly an Anglicized spelling of French Berlet, from a diminutive of Berle, a topographic name from Old French berle ‘water parsnip’ (of Celtic origin, compare Welsh berur, Gaelic biorar ‘watercress’), or perhaps an occupational name for a grower of the plant.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of berley Families in the US in 1920
Number of berley families
 15-27
 6-14
 1-5
 0
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