# Oakleigh

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #66,888

## Definitions
1. A suburb in south-east Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
2. A small settlement south of Whangarei, Northland, New Zealand.

## Etymology
Variant of Oakley, from Old English āc (“oak”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”), thus a clearing in an oak forest; equivalent to oak + -leigh "lea".

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/oakleigh