Berkley
loc · Latin script
Meaning: ‘person from Berkeley’, Gloucestershire, originally ‘birch wood or glade’
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Berkley is a name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- USUnited States
- GBUnited Kingdom
- AUAustralia
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
‘person from Berkeley’, Gloucestershire, originally ‘birch wood or glade’
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Berkley, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Berkley is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Irish, Used as an anglicisation of Partholon.
as a nameIrish first names
English and Irish: variant of BARCLAY .
as a word
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Theresa Berkleyb. 1800GBBritish prostitute, dominatrix and brothel owner
- George Berkleyb. 1821GBBritish civil engineer (1821-1893)
- Maurice Berkleyb. 1872GBEnglish cricketer (1872-1947)
- Berkley Bedellb. 1921USAmerican politician (1921-2019)
- Richard L. Berkowitzb. 1931USnot in their usual namefirst Republican mayor of Kansas City, Missouri since the 1920s (1931-2023)
- Shelley Berkleyb. 1951USAmerican politician and attorney
- Seth Berkleyb. 1956USCEO of Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance
- Elizabeth Berkleyb. 1972USAmerican actress
- Austin Berkleyb. 1973GBprofessional footballer (born 1973)
- Berkley Silvermanb. 2004CACanadian actress
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 26 sources across 14 countries.
Reference works 4
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Berkley mean, and where does it come from?
- ‘person from Berkeley’, Gloucestershire, originally ‘birch wood or glade’ Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- In which country does Berkley have the most bearers?
- Berkley is most frequently recorded in the United States.
What do you want to know about Berkley?
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About this data
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Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Berkley”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.