The story
- Old English · derived fromāc“oak”
- English todayOakleigh
Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".
Words from the same roots
Old Englishāc all →
eagleOgdenactonAckleyAclandOakfordAkeleyAughtonAcklamAkridgeac-AckfordAightonKnockholt
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.