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Baby Name Barclay |
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| Meaning of Barclay - What does the name Barclay means? |
| Pronunciation: |
| bar-klay |  |
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Boy Name |
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English |
| Name Meaning: |
Transferred use of the Scottish surname, which is found as de Berchelai (from Berkeley) in the year 1086. Berkeley is derived from the Old English elements beorc (birch), and leak (wood, clearing, meadow): hence, "the birch meadow." The name was taken to Scotland in 1165 by William de Berchelai, chamberlain of Scotland and patriarch of the powerful Scottish Barclays |
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View this name in other origins -
English, Irish, Scottish |
| Variants: | Berkley. | | Shortened forms: | Clay |
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