Beakley meaning | Last name Beakley origin

A variant form of Beek. At the brook.

Surname is a variation of Beak. See Beke - This family has no connection with that of Becor Beck; nor is it of Norman origin. It was founded in England by the Goisfred de Beche, of Domesday De Beche and De la Beche were the Norman-French modes of writing the Flemish Van der Beke, which was, doubtless, the real name borne by this Godisfred in his native country, where he had a good estate. There can be no doubt that the ch was sounded hard, for in East Kent, where the family acquired the estate of Lyving's Bourne, they altered the prefix to Bekes, and the parish still bears the designation of Beakesbourne, while, in some Kentish re cords, the name is written De la Beke. The barons Beke of Eresby were of this family.
At the present day there are Vander Beekes in Holland, Vander Beckes in Germany, and Del Becques in Belgium and French Flanders. Inf. Č. Beke, Esca.
Beek or Beke is Dutch for brook or rivulet, and therefore etymologically identical with Brook and Beck.

Beakley is a variant of Beke. This family has no connection with that of Becor Beck; nor is it of Norman origin. It was founded in England by the Goisfred de Beche, of Domesday De Beche and De la Beche were the Norman-French modes of writing the Flemish Van der Beke, which was, doubtless, the real name borne by this Godisfred in his native country, where he had a good estate. There can be no doubt that the ch was sounded hard, for in East Kent, where the family acquired the estate of Lyving's Bourne, they altered the prefix to Bekes, and the parish still bears the designation of Beakesbourne, while, in some Kentish re cords, the name is written De la Beke. The barons Beke of Eresby were of this family.
At the present day there are Vander Beekes in Holland, Vander Beckes in Germany, and Del Becques in Belgium and French Flanders. Inf. Č. Beke, Esca.
Beek or Beke is Dutch for brook or rivulet, and therefore etymologically identical with Brook and Beck.