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Berkeley

village · Gloucestershire

Old EnglishAI-generated

Berkeley is thought to mean 'the clearing of a person named Beorcal'. It combines an Old English personal name with the word for a clearing or pasture.

Word origins

Beorcal
Old Englishpersonal name(from Beorcal "personal name")
leah
Old Englishwoodland clearing(from leah "woodland clearing")

Historical forms

Berchelei · Bercelai