# Berkeley

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɑːkli/ · frequency rank #7,887

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. An English barony.
4. A town and civil parish with a town council in Stroud district, Gloucestershire, England (OS grid ref SP6899).
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13. The University of California, Berkeley metonym.
14. A community in Chatsworth, Grey County, Ontario, Canada.
15. A suburb of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia.

## Etymology
From Old English beorc (“birch”) + leah (“meadow, leigh”). Equivalent to birch + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **Barkley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barkley-vs-berkeley)
- **Barclay** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barclay-vs-berkeley)

## Common misspellings (12)
`bberkeley`, `bekreley`, `berekley`, `berkeely`, `berkeleyy`, `berkelley`, `berkelye`, `berkkeley`, `berkleey`, `berrkeley`, `brekeley`, `ebrkeley`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/berkeley