Quebec has released the Top Baby Names for 2009. Yesterday I discussed the GIRLS’ NAMES and today I have the BOYS’ LIST for you.

 

 

This is a great list of names! Enjoy and let me know your thoughts.

 

 

 

TOP 10 BOYS’ NAMES

 

WILLIAM

OLIVIER

THOMAS

NATHAN

ALEXIS

FELIX

GABRIEL

SAMUEL

ANTOINE

XAVIER

 

 

All but one of these names is also on the U.S. list of top names. The names in the Top 100 include WILLIAM (#8), NATHAN (#21), GABRIEL (#24), SAMUEL (#28), THOMAS (#52) and XAVIER (#71).

 

The only name that isn’t on the U.S. list is OLIVIER, but the English version, OLIVER, ranks #118.

 

What do you think about this Top 10?

 

 

 

I found some other cool picks from the boy’s Top 500 list that you might like.

 

More from the Top 500:

 

ADRIANO

ALESSANDRO

ARNO

BAPTISTE

BASTIEN

BORIS

BRUNO

CEDRIC

CHRISTOPHE

CLEMENT

CLOVIS

DANICK

DARIO

EMERICK

EMILE

ENZO

ETIENNE

FABRICE

FLORENT

FRANCOIS

FREDERIC

GEORGES

GIULIANO

GREGOIRE

HENRI

JULES

LAURENT

LUDOVIC

MANOLO

MAREK

MARTIN

MASSIMO

MATHIS

MATTEO

MAVERICK

MAXIME

MEDERICK

MIKO

MILAN

NIKO

OSCAR

PASCAL

RAPHAEL

REMI

ROMEO

SIMON

THEO

THIERRY

TIMOTHE

ULYSSE

ZAKARIA

 

 

Parents in the U.S. tend to give their sons more traditional names. That trend has definitely been changing in recent years, but it’s still strong enough that I think some of these names would have a harder time catching on here in the U.S. than most of the names on the girl’s list.

 

 

What new names from this list do you think could find a home on the U.S. list?

 

 

Yesterday, I explored the hyphenated names on the girl’s list. Turns out there are quite a few on the boy’s list too.

 

 

Hyphenated Names from the Top 500:

 

CHARLES-ANTOINE

CHARLES-EDOUARD

CHARLES-EMILE

CHARLES-ERIC

CHARLES-ETIENNE

CHARLES-OLIVIER

FELIX-ANTOINE

FELIX-OLIVIER

FRANCOIS-XAVIER

JEAN-CHRISTOPHE

JEAN-FELIX

JEAN-PHILIPPE

JEAN-SIMON

LOUIS-CHARLES

LOUIS-DAVID

LOUIS-FELIX

LOUIS-PHILIPPE

LOUIS-SIMON

LOUIS-THOMAS

MARC-ANDRE

MARC-ANTOINE

MARC-OLIVIER

PIERRE-OLIVIER

 

 

You can see that certain names are repeated quite a bit, like CHARLES, LOUIS and OLIVIER.

What do you think of hyphenated names for boys?

 

 

Surprising finds:

#254 – JASMIN

#337 – EDEN

 

 

For more on Quebec’s top names:

http://www.rrq.gouv.qc.ca/en/enfants/Pages/banque_prenoms.aspx

 

 

 

 

 

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♥  Amanda

 

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For more information on baby names and their meanings check out

BABY NAMES MADE EASY: THE COMPLETE REVERSE-DICTIONARY OF BABY NAMES