English: habitational name from any of the places called
Brierl(e)y, in the West Midlands, West and South Yorkshire, and
elsewhere, all of which are named with Old English br?r
‘briar’ + leah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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