[Facts] Re: Did people actually name their kids "M" in Canada?
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Could it have been an abbreviation for "male" if the baby was unnamed at the time of the notation?
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The "name" M actually appears in the girls' list. As Higuma mentioned, this is likely an abbreviation for Mary, Maria or Marie. J appears on the boys' list (for John/Jean perhaps).
M and J only appear in the Ontario data from the early 1920s.
M and J only appear in the Ontario data from the early 1920s.