After searching, I found the Today’s Parent list of [name_f]Canada[/name_f]'s top 100 names in 2013. (Top 100 baby names in Canada 2013 - Today's Parent - Today's Parent ) A lot of them have [name_m]French[/name_m] influences, or an English version and [name_m]French[/name_m] version combined, because our second biggest province is [name_m]Quebec[/name_m], which speaks mostly [name_m]French[/name_m].
I was definitely shocked to see some of these on our list:
I think it’s a lovely top. Parents in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] definitely have some style. I was happy to see [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Justine[/name_f] there.
I think because we are bilingual, names like [name_f]Rosalie[/name_f] and [name_f]Justine[/name_f], [name_f]Florence[/name_f], [name_f]Maude[/name_f], etc are more used in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] than anywhere else, but I was definitely happy to see a lot of the names on there [name_f]My[/name_f] area definitely needs to check out the country’s top list before they select a name hahaha
It’s definitely surprising to see some of the [name_m]French[/name_m] names that are popular. In my opinion, [name_f]Florence[/name_f] and [name_f]Maude[/name_f] are so lovely in [name_m]French[/name_m], but a bit clunky in English. I’m swooning over [name_f]Maelie[/name_f], [name_f]Juliette[/name_f], and [name_f]Camille[/name_f]… and [name_u]Maxime[/name_u] on the boys list.
I like that they combine spellings, but some of them are a bit weird to combine ([name_f]Mia[/name_f] and [name_f]Maya[/name_f], for example, and [name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]/[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] since those are pronounced differently). I wish we had a 1000-name list like the Americans though!
I love a lot of the ones that are likely used more in [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] than here, [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] seems to have the more vintage style (looking at the [name_m]Quebec[/name_m] list anyways). I found that a bit odd too - [name_m]Alexandre[/name_m]/[name_m]Alexander[/name_m] makes sense to me, as one’s the [name_m]French[/name_m] counterpart to the other, but [name_f]Mia[/name_f]/[name_f]Maya[/name_f] didn’t - the two aren’t even connected at all.
I wish that as well, but it might be like [name_f]Scotland[/name_f] or Northern [name_f]Ireland[/name_f] - we don’t have enough babies to have a top 1000
Great top! Only a handful I really dislike high up ([name_u]Brooklyn[/name_u], [name_u]Charlie[/name_u], [name_u]Payton[/name_u], [name_f]Nevaeh[/name_f], [name_f]Maude[/name_f]).
I adore: [name_f]Olivia[/name_f], [name_f]Beatrice[/name_f], [name_f]Alice[/name_f], [name_f]Naomi[/name_f], [name_f]Clara[/name_f], [name_f]Julia[/name_f], [name_u]Evelyn[/name_u], [name_f]Adele[/name_f]
I’m grateful we have the [name_m]French[/name_m] influence in [name_f]Canada[/name_f] in regard to baby names. It makes the list a little more interesting and a little less generic. Thanks for posting!
I find the [name_f]Maya[/name_f]/[name_f]Mia[/name_f] thing a bit weird–they feel like drastically different names to me! Useful as “playground” statistics are, I’m kind of glad that the US data is by individual spelling.