Meadow of birch trees
Burklee is a modern American variation of the English surname Berkeley. It combines the Old English elements 'beorc', meaning birch tree, and 'leah', meaning a meadow or clearing.
Less common today
Burklee isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,474 in 2022.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).