Presented by

The first name 
Oakleigh

Oakleigh is a first name typically given to girls, but in rare cases also used as a boys name.

Oakleigh is a well-known but special name!

Oakleigh is a well-known name in the US, but is still special. It is currently only given to every ten thousandth girl, and therefore ranks at 1,016 in the SmartGenius statistics. This means there are 1,015 girls names that are more common, but also tens of thousands that are much rarer. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Oakleigh.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Oakleigh

Oakleigh -
special, but at home in many states

You may not know anyone named Oakleigh, but there’s a good chance you live in the same state as someone with that name. In fact, 36 states are home to women and girls named Oakleigh. (To be fair, a given name is only included in a state’s official statistics if there are at least five people with that name living in that state – so it’s entirely possible that there are still a few women and girls named Oakleigh living in one state or another. If your name is Oakleigh and you live outside of the states highlighted on the map, please let us know so we can refine our statistics even further). And while the first name is present in many states, it is still not one of the popular ones. In Tennessee, which has the most people named Oakleigh relative to the population, you still have to ask 20,203 women and girls their names before you hear Oakleigh as an answer just once.

Oakleigh has 8 letters 
and begins with an O

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter O is quite rare as a first letter for girls' names: only 1.0% of all common girls' names in the US begin with an O. By the way, the most common first letters of girls' names are A, S and M, while U, X and Q are the least common initials of girls' names.

With eight letters, the name Oakleigh is long compared to other names. In fact, 14.5% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly eight letters. 78% of all first names are shorter, while only 8% of all boys’ and girls’ names use nine letters or even more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long with no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

Therefore: As 1.0% of all girls' names begin with an O, this initial letter is significantly less common than the other letters on average. However, individual girls' names with O are really popular, the most common currently being Olivia.

Other names with 
O, a, k, l, e, i, g and h

If you take all the letters in the name Oakleigh – O, a, k, l, e, i, g and h – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Oakliegh.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Oakleigh

If your name is Oakleigh and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Oakleigh

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Oakleigh, you can simply say:

Orange

Apple

Koala

Lion

Elephant

Igloo

Goat

Hat

This is how the name Oakleigh is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Oakleigh in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Oakleigh

Oakleigh

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Oakleigh

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Oakleigh is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

O
A
K
L
E
I
G
H

Have you ever waved the name Oakleigh

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

O
A
K
L
E
I
G
H

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Oakleigh sounds like this: