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Help[Opinions] Oak
time for another hippie name from me...
wdyt of Oak for a boy? isn't it the best? it's a tree. it's one syllable. it's a tree. it's an uncommon letter yet a simple name. it's a tree. it's one letter away from OK. and it's a tree.
wdyt of Oak for a boy? isn't it the best? it's a tree. it's one syllable. it's a tree. it's an uncommon letter yet a simple name. it's a tree. it's one letter away from OK. and it's a tree.
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I like it. I knew a boy named this once.
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Yeah, I'm starting to really like it! Especially in the middle slot.
I wouldn't use it as a FN though because something about it seems goofy and/or gimmicky (more so than average for a word name or a hippie name) - maybe it's because it rhymes with 'joke'? Or the phrase 'okey dokey' which rhymes with 'hokey'...yeah, I think that's why.
I wouldn't use it as a FN though because something about it seems goofy and/or gimmicky (more so than average for a word name or a hippie name) - maybe it's because it rhymes with 'joke'? Or the phrase 'okey dokey' which rhymes with 'hokey'...yeah, I think that's why.
This message was edited 10/21/2017, 6:36 PM
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It reminds me of Professor Oak from Pokemon. (Although Oak is his last name. His first name is Samuel.)
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Yeah I don't mind it at all. I can imagine a guy called Oak, cute, I like it.
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I love it.... I don't know if I'd want it be my name though. I really don't. It's like on the border between usable and unusable. If I met one I'd be super excited though. And as a middle name it's perfect.
I think Oakley is nice as well but if you used it you would like you were just following the trends rather than expressing your fervent love of trees. I babysat a little boy named Birch once... his parents were hippie-ish.
I think Oakley is nice as well but if you used it you would like you were just following the trends rather than expressing your fervent love of trees. I babysat a little boy named Birch once... his parents were hippie-ish.
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i would love Birch if it didn't sound like...yknow. there's an etsy jewelry store i love called birch please! so that just reinforces it.
Oakley sounds too..silly? to me. i'm pretty picky about surnames as first names anyway. also yeah if i was an oak tree and someone said they named their baby after me, and the name was Oakley, i'd be pissed.
EDIT: I JUST REMMEBER WHO TYLER OAKLEY IS..FYI I HATE HIM...OH GOSH NO..
Oakley sounds too..silly? to me. i'm pretty picky about surnames as first names anyway. also yeah if i was an oak tree and someone said they named their baby after me, and the name was Oakley, i'd be pissed.
EDIT: I JUST REMMEBER WHO TYLER OAKLEY IS..FYI I HATE HIM...OH GOSH NO..
This message was edited 10/20/2017, 3:00 PM
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god I forgot all about Tyler Oakley too. yeah that knocks the name down a few pegs for me.
I actually like a decent amount of trendy surname names (Oakley, Hadley) but I know they will become mega-dated in the future and I look at the way people talk about mega-dated names now and I'm like... nah. Not doing that to a real child.
I actually like a decent amount of trendy surname names (Oakley, Hadley) but I know they will become mega-dated in the future and I look at the way people talk about mega-dated names now and I'm like... nah. Not doing that to a real child.
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oh i thought you were referring specifically to him in the bit about Oakley being trendy. i haven't heard Oakley used otherwise tbh.
and yea same about surnames. won't stick. beyond that, it just sounds off to me? especially since in the country i currently live, surnames are always said before first names, unless it's foreign. not that it'd create a complication- again, doesn't apply to foreign names- but for me, it's been weird to flip back and forth, so it makes surname name stand out more as odd. they also tend to feel more..impersonal, if it's a very recognizable surname. the ones i do like are more common as first names, like Wesley and Harper.
and yea same about surnames. won't stick. beyond that, it just sounds off to me? especially since in the country i currently live, surnames are always said before first names, unless it's foreign. not that it'd create a complication- again, doesn't apply to foreign names- but for me, it's been weird to flip back and forth, so it makes surname name stand out more as odd. they also tend to feel more..impersonal, if it's a very recognizable surname. the ones i do like are more common as first names, like Wesley and Harper.
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A former schoolmate of mine called her son Oak. I don't mind it: it's... sturdy.
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A couple months ago I posted a list of names redditors were planning to use for their babies due in September and October and there were two people expecting girls who were going to use Oak as a mn (Eleanor Oak and Evelyn Oak).
I think it's kind of neat for either, though it does sound more masculine to me. Words are better as MNs in my opinion though, so I'd rather see it there.
I think it's kind of neat for either, though it does sound more masculine to me. Words are better as MNs in my opinion though, so I'd rather see it there.
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oh definitely more usable as a middle name...i'd still like it as a first name, but it is riskier ngl. actually now that i think about it, it's better as a mn- it makes the person sound like a new fancy kind of oak.
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It's Oak-Kay, both Oak and Oakley work as names! Elm could also work, so Rowan and Sycamore, you are seeing where I'm going with this! ;) Gotta catch them all!
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