Barley

Used in: 3 countries

Origin: Old English

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

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Name Variants & Related

Barle Root name
Acker Old English origin
Ackerley Old English origin
Ackley Old English origin
Adley Old English origin
Ainsley Old English origin
Akridge Old English origin
Alby Old English origin
Aldous Old English origin

Popularity by Country

Barley

Rank #3134

ONS + GRO (merged) ↗

Barley

Rank #6806

Frequency 4,562 people (1.69 per 100k)

Ethnic Distribution

White 75.87% Hispanic 1.67% Black 19.33% Asian/PI 0.48% Native Am. 1.34% Two+ 1.32%

U.S. Census Bureau Surnames ↗

Barley

Rank #247761

INSEE Death Records 1970-2024 ↗

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