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Oakley
OHK-lee
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An English surname derived from several English place names meaning a clearing in an oak wood, and the name of numerous villages in England and towns in the United States.
"Annie Oakley was a famous sharpshooter of the American frontier."
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Etymology
From Old English āc ("oak") + lēah ("woodland clearing").