oakleigh
The origin and history of oakleigh.
Etymology
A variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) and lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), giving the sense "a clearing in an oak forest"; equivalent to oak plus -leigh "lea".
The origin and history of oakleigh.
A variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) and lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), giving the sense "a clearing in an oak forest"; equivalent to oak plus -leigh "lea".
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