Berkley

Berkley is a girl's and boy's baby name of Old English origin, a variant of Berkeley, from the English place name meaning "birch tree meadow," from the Old English beorc (birch) and leah (meadow). It carries the natural, outdoorsy quality of English place names.

Berkley has emerged as a feminine place-name choice, carrying the intellectual prestige of its California university city association while having the flowing, three-syllable quality that works beautifully as a girl's name. The -ley ending gives it a meadowy, soft finish.