The name Oakley comes from an English surname that was derived from various place names meaning ‘oak clearing’ in Old English.
Oakley is a first name for all genders. The name is given about equally often as boys and girls name.
The name Oakley is not currently one of the fashionable names trending in the top 10 rankings, but it is still popular and common. Recently, it has consistently ranked among the top 1,000 most popular first names in the United States. It is currently #506 in the SmartGenius ranking.
The name Oakley comes from an English surname that was derived from various place names meaning ‘oak clearing’ in Old English.
What is an oak clearing? An oak clearing is an area of land where oak trees grow and dominate the landscape, often with little or no underbrush or other vegetation.
Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter O is quite rare as an initial letter for first names: only 1.5% of all common given names in the US begin with an O, which means that this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average. Nevertheless, O is by no means the rarest initial. While A, J and K are the most common first letters of given names, U, X and Q are the least common initials of first names.
With six letters, the name Oakley 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.
Now do the math: Since 1.5% of all first names begin with an O, this initial occurs less than half as often as the other letters on average.
If your name is Oakley 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...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Oakley, you can simply say:
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Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Oakley
Oakley
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
O
A
K
L
E
Y
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
Y
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. Oakley sounds like this:
