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I love it. Some people on this site really don't like nature names, but this seems like one of the few options that people will actually agree can be used on a boy. A great many people seem to think that nature names belong only to girls. I like it a lot better than Rowan.

Not my style at all. It's very short and sounds a bit phallic to me too. I prefer Oakley even though that's not really my style either but it has a better sound.

It's weird. Oak makes me think of something old and massive, can't imagine a child, or even a youngish person, named Oak.

I think it'd be a darling middle name (ex. Johann Oak, Theodore Oak) but it's a really blunt and harsh sounding first name, to reiterate what some others said.

This message was edited 11/4/2011, 11:31 AM

Oak sounds very hard (no pun intended!) for a name.

Coo. Here in South Africa we use 'oke' as a synonym for 'chap' or 'bloke' - 'Fred's a nice oke'; that kind of thing.

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So, as long as he stays at home and meets no Saffers, he should be fine! Please tell me they aren't considering a daughter named Willow ...

Love it

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I love "wood" names like Jarrah, Cedar and Oak.. I've used them a million times for sim families ;)

Not pleasant. Maybe Oakley would work, but as it is it sounds really blunt and bland.

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Makes me think.... bloke, yokel, oats. :/

LOL

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That is all.

Definitely interesting. I don't hate it or even dislike it but like others said, it is lacking something. It is very abrupt and isn't the most pleasant sound. When I say it aloud, it kind of sounds like a grunt someone might make when they fall over or are scared or something :/

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I like the imagery it has though. And I think it will age nicely. But yeah, on the whole it leaves me a bit cold.

I love oak trees, but Oak sounds like it's missing something when used as a first name. I prefer Oakley "Oak." In all, Oak is an interesting name. I don't dislike it, but it's not one I would use myself.

Some tree, plant and flower names can work ok as names. This is not one of them. It sounds rather abrupt and kinda dumb.

Professor Oak? Gary Oak? Pray the kid doesn't get into Pokémon XD
It's nice, but not quite full enough to be a name. Perhaps it would be best as a middle name?

I appreciate the nature reference. But the sound is too abrupt. I'd prefer Alon, Cedar, or Sequoia.

This message was edited 11/3/2011, 4:15 PM

Oak is one of those words that looks more attractive than it sounds, for me. I think it looks very dashing and dark, but the sound of the name is lacking something.

I like it! One of my cat't kittens got the middle name Oak. Personally I'd only use it as a middle name, as it's mostly a GP, but I'd like it if I met a boy named Oak. And now that I consider this, I can see it on almost any age. I likes :)

Oak seems incomplete to me, not so much like a name, but I had a parakeet named Oakley and I still love that name. I think the -ley takes it into name territory. Oak is a daring choice though.

This message was edited 11/3/2011, 3:53 PM