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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