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The first name 
Oaklyn

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

Oaklyn is a common name for girls!

The name Oaklyn isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all girls names, Oaklyn ranks 789. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn girls, approximately 2 were named Oaklyn. If you polled the whole US population – children, adults and seniors – you’d find less than one in 10,000 to be named Oaklyn.

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

What does the name 
Oaklyn mean?

Oaklyn is a variation of the name Oakley using the popular suffix ‘-lyn’. This name comes from an English surname, meaning ‘oak clearing’ in Old English.

Oaklyn is a very modern name,... only in use since the late 2000s.

Oaklyn has 6 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 six letters, the name Oaklyn is of average length. In fact, 28% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly six letters. 24% of all first names are shorter, while 48% have seven letters or more. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are 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, y and n

If you take all the letters in the name Oaklyn – O, a, k, l, y and n – and put them together again, you can form another name, such as Kaylon.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Oaklyn

If your name is Oaklyn 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 Oaklyn

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

Orange

Apple

Koala

Lion

Yoyo

Nut

This is how the name Oaklyn 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 Oaklyn in Braille?

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

Oaklyn

Oaklyn

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

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Oaklyn 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
Y
N

Have you ever waved the name Oaklyn

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
Y
N

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. Oaklyn sounds like this: