Names Like Berkeley — Find Similar Baby Names
Berkeley is an 8-letter English boys' name meaning “Lives At The Birch Tree Meadow”. This page collects 123 such names across 7 kinds of similarity — including spelling variants like Berkley and Bekele, English cousins like Aaric and Aarika, rhyming names ending in -ley like Ley and Adley, and names sharing the “meadow” concept like Ackerley and Ackley.
For the full Berkeley profile (meaning, popularity history, famous people, state-by-state stats), see the main Berkeley page.
Names Similar in Spelling to Berkeley
9 baby names that differ from Berkeley by 1–3 letters (Levenshtein edit distance). Useful for finding spelling variants and phonetic alternatives.
| Name | Edit distance | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkley | 1 | The Birch Tree Meadow. Also See Barclay And Burke. | Irish | Male |
| Bekele | 2 | Amharic Of Ethiopia Name Meaning "He Has Grown; He Has Come Into Be... | African | Male |
| Bartley | 3 | Ploughman | Hebrew | Male |
| Bentley | 3 | From The Bent Grass Meadow | English | Male |
| Berneen | 3 | Feminine Of Bernard. St. Bernadette Was Canonized In 1933. | French | Female |
| Bernelle | 3 | Feminine Of Bernard. St. Bernadette Was Canonized In 1933. | French | Female |
| Bersules | 3 | A Knight | Arthurian | Male |
| Beverley | 3 | Woman From The Beaver Meadow. Beaver Stream. | English | Female |
| Birkey | 3 | From The Birch Tree Island | English | Male |
More English Names
24 baby names that share Berkeley’s English origin.
| Name | Meaning | Gender |
|---|---|---|
| Aaric | Variant Of Aric Meaning Rule With Mercy. | Male |
| Aarika | "Alternate Spelling: Erika, Erica, Ericka." | Female |
| Aarshiya | Heavenly | Female |
| Aase | Tree-Covered Mountain AEGILEIF | Female |
| Aasiya | "Derived From The Arabic Verb, To Abound, And Means Abundant, Flourishing, Th... | Female |
| Aaylah | Light Bearer | Female |
| Abbigale | Female | |
| Abbot | Abbey Father | Male |
| Abbott | Abbey Father | Male |
| Abrianna | Mother Of Many Nations. | Female |
| Abriell | Variant Of Gabrielle. | Male |
| Acker | From The Oak Tree | Male |
| Ackerley | From The Oak-Tree Meadow | Male |
| Ackerman | Man Of Oak | Male |
| Ackley | Dwells At The Oak Tree Meadow | Male |
| Adalbeorht | Noble | Female |
| Adalbrechta | Noble | Female |
| Adalson | Son Of All | Male |
| Adam | Of The Red Earth | Male |
| Adda | Wealthy | Female |
| Addaneye | Lives On The Noble's Island | Male |
| Addilynn | Female | |
| Addis | Son Of Adam | Male |
| Addisen | Child Of Adam | Male |
8-Letter B-Names Like Berkeley
24 names that share Berkeley's exact length (8 letters) and starting letter — a peer cluster for parents who like Berkeley's shape and sound.
Today's Most-Popular Boys' Names — Compare to Berkeley
Top 12 boys' names by US births in the most recent decade (2014–2024 SSA records). Each link opens a side-by-side comparison with Berkeley.
Names That Rhyme with Berkeley
18 baby names that share Berkeley's last 3 letters — -ley. Useful for rhyming sibling pairs and names with matching phonetic endings.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ley | Meadow | English | Female |
| Adley | Judicious | Hebrew | Male |
| Ailey | Light | Irish | Female |
| Arley | From The Hare's Meadow | English | Male |
| Auley | Irish Form Of Olaf | Irish | Male |
| Caley | Slender | Gaelic | Male |
| Coley | Variant Of Nicholas People's Victory. | English | Male |
| Daley | Lives In The Valley | English | Male |
| Foley | Plunders | Irish | Male |
| Haley | Field Of Hay. Usually A Surname. | English | Female |
| Kaley | Variant Of Kay And Kayla Keeper Of The Keys: Pure. | English | Female |
| Kiley | Boomerang. Variant Of Kylie. Pretty. | Irish | Female |
| Miley | English | Female | |
| Oxley | From The Ox Enclosure | English | Male |
| Raley | From The Roe Deer Meadow | English | Male |
| Riley | Valliant. Rye. Form Of Ryley. | English | Male |
| Ryley | Island Meadow. | Irish | Male |
| Wiley | Well-Watered Meadow. | English | Male |
Names That Start Like Berkeley
18 baby names that begin with the same opening sound as Berkeley — Ber-. Good for parents who like Berkeley's opening but want a different ending, or for matched-initial sibling sets.
| Name | Meaning | Origin | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ber | Bear | German | Male |
| Berg | Mountain | Dutch | Male |
| Berk | Solid And Firm | Turkish | Male |
| Bern | Bear | German | Male |
| Bert | Glorious | English | Male |
| Berde | Glacier | Danish | Male |
| Berdy | Intelligent | German | Male |
| Beric | Grain Farm. | English | Male |
| Berit | Intelligent | German | Female |
| Berke | The Birch Tree Meadow. Also See Barclay And Burke. | Irish | Male |
| Bernd | Brave As A Bear | German | Male |
| Berne | Bear | German | Male |
| Beroe | Myth Name | Greek | Female |
| Berta | Intelligent | German | Female |
| Berti | Ploughman | Hebrew | Male |
| Berto | Intelligent | Spanish | Male |
| Beryl | A Gemstone Of Varying Colors: Often Yellow-Green. In The Bible The... | English | Female |
| Beryx | Meaning Unknown | Romanian | Male |