Berkeley \b(e)-rke-ley, ber-keley\ as a boy's name is pronounced BERK-lee. It is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Berkeley is "the birch tree meadow". In America probably most famous as the San Francisco suburb that is home to a branch of the University of California. See also Barclay and Burke. Cartoonist Berkeley Breathed.

Berkeley has 13 variant forms: Bar, Barklay, Barkley, Barklie, Barrclay, Berk, Berke, Berkie, Berklee, Berkley, Berky, Birkeley and Birkley.

Baby names that sound like Berkeley are Berklie and Barcley.