Barley

Meaning

Proper Noun

village Hertfordshire (county) England (constituent country).
village Lancashire (county) England (constituent country).

Origin

. The former is a personal name from Old English bera.
The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar or bere + leah.
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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