as a Last Name
- 1,028
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Brierley
Meaning & Origins
English: habitational name from any of the places called Brierl(e)y, in the West Midlands, West and South Yorkshire, and elsewhere, all of which are named with Old English brǣr ‘briar’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
| 22,785th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Hundreds
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,028
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Brierley per capita
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