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Thoughts on the name Oakley for a boy?

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Olive1988 · 06/04/2018 15:43

What does everyone think about the name? :) xx

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seafoodeatit · 06/04/2018 21:16

Makes me think of the tree too! It's a sweet name though.

Mrsknackered · 06/04/2018 21:03

I like it! I know one who is late teens and all his siblings have tree related names, and a newborn.

thatsmyjoomper · 06/04/2018 20:19

Love love love love love this name!!!! DP vetoed it for DS 😭😭😭😭

Hobbitch · 06/04/2018 20:02

Tom Hiddleston's character's name in 'Unrelated', playing a hot but arrogant teenage toff. I love him but still wouldn't pick the name.

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Sophronia · 06/04/2018 19:41

I know someone who has an Oakley-Beau. I’m not keen on the same tbh.

hawkmcqueen · 06/04/2018 19:15

It sounds clunky to me sorry 😐

lifechangesforever · 06/04/2018 19:12

I have a friend of a friend who's daughter is Oakley.. can't say I've ever been keen on it but it's not offensive or ridiculous so each to their own. Think I actually prefer it for a boy.

Paddingtonthebear · 06/04/2018 19:03

I know two. It’s not unusual. Also very popular name for dogs. Along with diesel, for some inexplicable reason.

Anyway I don’t like it. It’s too surname-y for me, same with Clark, Baxter, Tyler, Mason etc.

OakIsBetterTho · 06/04/2018 19:02

Sunglasses... but even without that association, it's a name which sounds like a brand.

Despite myself tho, I certainly don't hate the name

Daisy17 · 06/04/2018 19:01

Everything's Rosie! Everything's Ro-oh-oh-sie.......

BiscayTrafalgarFitzroy · 06/04/2018 19:00

Sunglasses

Chocolatecake12 · 06/04/2018 19:00

My cat is called Oakley
That is all

DuggeeHugs · 06/04/2018 18:45

I'm afraid it's a negative marmite name for me

chezmk1988 · 06/04/2018 16:35

Nooo

MammieBear · 06/04/2018 16:26

I agree I do think sunglasses when I hear it.

BossWitch · 06/04/2018 16:21

Teach one. He's a right twunt. Puts me right off! Otherwise I quite liked it.

frasier · 06/04/2018 16:17

Good name but does remind me of the sportswear company.

ThisIsNotARealAvo · 06/04/2018 16:15

I know an Oak, which divided the family somewhat at the time. I think it's a lovely name.

UnaMagdalena · 06/04/2018 16:14

Had to laugh at the sun glasses emoji!!

That'd be my first thought.

Prefer Ray short for Rayban.

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 06/04/2018 16:12

Isn't Oakley one of those fake farms names that supermarkets put on the labels? You know, so it sounds rustic and cosy and gives an opposite impression to the mass production —organised cruelty— factories.

BeyondThePage · 06/04/2018 16:12

Good name for a kitchen company... sorry Blush I know it is a sunglasses firm, but for some reason kitchens came to mind with the name.

ButternutCrinkleFries · 06/04/2018 16:10

I know a little boy called Oakley. I think it’s quite sweet. I do always think of that bloody tree from Everything’s Rosie though.

Pidlan · 06/04/2018 16:09

Brass band from Blaenau Ffestiniog.

IHaveBrilloHair · 06/04/2018 16:08

No, it's terrible.

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