Given name & surname

Noakes

“at the oak trees”

Noakes is a surname from Middle English.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Noakes goes back to Middle English atten oaks, meaning “at the oak trees.”

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Where it comes from

Noakes comes from Middle English.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Middle English atten oaks (“at the oak trees”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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