The oak Surname
oak Name Meaning and History
- English: topographic name for someone who lived near an oak tree or in an oak wood, from Middle English oke ‘oak’, also used in the singular in a collective sense. In some cases the surname may be a habitational name from minor places named with this word, such as Oake in Somerset. It is possible that it was sometimes also used as a nickname for someone ‘as strong as oak’.
- Indian (Maharashtra): Hindu (Brahman) name of unknown meaning.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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| Thread | Author | Replies |
| Ralph E. Oak |
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| John Oak(e)s Marlboro MA 1732 |
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| Nathaniel Oak | Doyle L. Oaks | 5 |
| OAK DNA Project |
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| Nathaniel Oak Descendents | Linda Mathis | 5 |
| Robert Oak (1861-1900) |
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| 1 |
| Oak family from Hastings, Surrey, England |
judithberntsen5
| 3 |
| Stephen Oak - JoDaviess Co., Ill in 1860 | Doyle L. Oaks | 0 |
| Nathaniel Oak + Mary Holloway | Doyle L. Oaks | 0 |
| OAK | Doyle L. Oaks | 1 |
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