Names that sound Canadian?

[Mouldy Old Schmo]

It's this guy's fault that "Lorne" became a popular name in Canada.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John...Duke_of_Argyll

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by GM10

I'm shocked nobody said Tim or Horton yet.

Maybe because almost no one has Horton as a given name in Canada?

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

It's this guy's fault that "Lorne" became a popular name in Canada.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John...Duke_of_Argyll

There might be some truth to that.

[Acajack]

Originally Posted by Mouldy Old Schmo

How about Meaux, Boudreaux, and Thibodaux?

Names ending in "eau" don't have the X at the end here, but most of them are common here too, with different spellings.


I've never seen Meaux here regardless of spelling. I think that's the name of a city in France.


Boudreau and Thibodeau/Thibaudeau are very common here. I've got friends and acquaintances with those names.


Breaux is spelled Breau, Brault or Breault here.


Also common up here and in Louisiana (Canadian spellings):


Arseneau/Arsenault/Arseneault


Babineau


Comeau


Gautreau


Thériault

[Acajack]

Another popular and unique name for Québécois boys:


Alexis (the S at the end is silent)


Its popularity has two origins:


One is from a famous athlete from the late 1800s called Alexis Lapointe. Nicknamed "Alexis le Trotteur".


He allegedly could outrun horses and according to legend, never lost a race against a horse.


When I was a kid there were comic strips about him, among other things.


On an entirely different front, Alexis is the male hero of tragi-romance tale called Un Homme et son Péché, often referred to as the "Séraphin" stories for the bad guy's character.


This started with a book in the 1930s, lived on through a hugely popular series in the 1960s, was resurrected in an equally popular movie in the 1990s, and a year or so they did a reboot of it with a modern TV series.


So Alexis isn't going anywhere soon as a name here.