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To me a typical name for a given country would be one that is not found in countries where a similar language is spoken.
To me typical Canadian names for anglos would be Lorne and Gordon. These are found in other anglo countries but nowhere near as common as they are in Canada.
To me a typical name for a given country would be one that is not found in countries where a similar language is spoken.
To me typical Canadian names for anglos would be Lorne and Gordon. These are found in other anglo countries but nowhere near as common as they are in Canada.
To me a typical name for a given country would be one that is not found in countries where a similar language is spoken.
To me typical Canadian names for anglos would be Lorne and Gordon. These are found in other anglo countries but nowhere near as common as they are in Canada.
Just blabbing here, but I don't think I've ever met a guy named Lorne in my life. Gordon? Do you think Gordon's still representative of the typical Canadian male name? Perhaps it was in 1970, but now? Aren't there more little boys being named "Jayden" and "Liam" and "Aiden" these days? I'd say Gordon's out of fashion - guys named Gordon are 40+. When was the last time you met a young guy named Gordon in Canada? I know more Mikes, Steves, James, and Jasons than Gordons. And more guys named Josh, Kyle, Luke, Greg, Brandon, Tyler, Ryan, Sean, Ian, Brian, and Patrick than Gordon. Gordon? I think it's a myth Canadians like to emphasize, but the reality is that there are so many more common names... they're just not "Canadian" - they're regular popular western names.
My whole comment about Gordon has got me thinking, but names go around in waves... there are trendy names that were popular in certain decades which, due to overpopularity, fade away... and then eventually come back into popularity. Like the name "Jennifer". How many hundreds of Jennifers have you met in Canada? And some time in the last 10 years it became uber trendy and sophisticated to name your baby girl something old fashioned and English sounding, like Emma, or Victoria. Those hundreds of Jennifers will be replaced by the hundreds of Emmas and Victorias, until a new name trend shifts. Gordon may have been a name trend in Canada back in the 60's and 70's (or maybe I'm just thinking of Gordon Lightfoot or the Barenaked Ladie's album, Gordon).
I'm still trying to think of names that are in abundance in Canada but aren't elsewhere, and I can't think of any.
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