Barley

== English == === Etymology === The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora +‎ -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear. === Proper noun === Barley (countable and uncountable, plural Barleys) A village in Hertfordshire, England. A village in Lancashire, England. A surname. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Barley is the 7054th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4744 individuals. Barley is most common among White (74.49%) and Black/African American (18.93%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Barley”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 102. === Anagrams === Braley, barely, bearly, bleary