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Top baby names by Canadian province... some interesting results

by maire

5/25/2011, 7:45 PM

Apologies if this has been posted already...

I found a magazine posting the most popular baby names of 2009 listed by Canadian province. Feel free to check it out here: http://www.todaysparent.com/pregnancybirth/becomingparent/article.jsp?content=20100204_101036_9240&page=1

Looks like what you would expect (Emily, Olivia, Logan, Ethan, same old stuff) except for the provinces of Nunavut and Quebec having very different trends! It makes sense since those provinces have a different culture than the rest of Canada. Here are some highlights below:

Top girl baby names of Nunavut:
1. Mary
2. Ava
3. Joanne
4. Leah
5. Tina
6. Judy
7. Lucy
8. Sandy
9. Angela
10. Eva
11. Gloria
12. Amber
13. Sophia

Top girl names of Quebec:
1. Lea
2. Florence
3. Rosalie
4. Laurence
5. Emma
6. Jade
7. Juliette
8. Gabrielle
9. Sarah
10. Maika
11. Camille
12. Noemie
13. Charlotte
14. Mia
15. Chloe
16. Alexia
17. Megane
18. Laurie
19. Zoe
20. Emilie
21. Coralie
22. Elodie
23. Annabelle
24. Oceane
25. Maelie

#Canadian

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- erb816

5/26/2011, 10:16 AM

I'm glad to see that Gloria is getting so much love! Florence, Noemie, Charlotte, Coralie, and Oceane are also welcome surprises (although I believe Oceane is quite common in France these days).

- New_Chloe

5/26/2011, 6:33 AM

That is really neat. I'm Canadian and I had no idea! It does make sense that those two areas would be vastly different, but I had no idea HOW different they'd be!

- Pie +1

5/26/2011, 4:18 AM

Thanks for posting these! Really fascinating and great to see something a bit different. It's interesting to see Laurence charting so high; it's a bit dated in France. I guess it must be because of the river.

- Orsino (bananarama)

5/26/2011, 8:28 AM

What I think is interesting is that Laurence is considered a girls' name in French.

- Llewella (penguiny7)

5/26/2011, 4:03 AM

That is really interesting! I'm a bit surprised that there aren't any Inuit names in the Nunavut list, but I guess I also don't really know much about their culture, either. And I'm surprised the the Quebec names are so different from what I'd imagine the top 10s look like for the other provinces.

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