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Canadian Names
I'm looking for names that are just so "Canadian"I have made this list so far Anne NovaMapleOrilliaCharlotteReginaPrairie Alberta
HudsonTimothyNorrisLaurenceSydneyPlease give me some more suggestions of truly Canuck names.
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This is relevant to my interests.I have tried to make such a list myself, but the issue becomes all existential, like, what is the Canadian identity? We are basically just Americans who are not Americans. All the things Canadians have, America does too. Maple syrup, flannel, hockey, beavers, pioneers.... and the names of "famous Canadians" are not exactly evocative of Canada. Like:Laura (Secord)
Louis (Riel)
Tommy (Douglas)
Bobby (Hull)
Nellie (McClung)
Donald (Sutherland)
Emily (Carr)
Wilfred (Laurier)
Pierre (Elliott Trudeau)
Agnes (MacPhail)You see??? Try browsing this list of people for ideas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadians You could maybe get into Native Canadian stuff which is not a good idea but there are lots of pretty nation and tribe names....As for place names, we have a similar issue. Hudson
Jasper
Charlotte(town)
Regina (except we say it "ruh-JYE-nah", not like "re-JEE-na". It's gross)
Abraham (the Plains of. A "Canadian" battle)
Rocky?????
Fraser
Dudley!!! Dudley Do-Right. Ahh, national pride.
I guess you could do a subtle theme, like Edward (PEI), Albert (a), Charlotte(town), John (St.), Lawrence (St.), Regina.... but it would be just that, very subtle. you could give them Canadian middle names:Edward Lumberjack
Albert Hockey
Charlotte Politeness
John Healthcare
Lawrence Okanagan
Regina Avonlea

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omg lol Charlotte Politeness and John Healthcare. someone has to do it.
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I thought of Laura,as in Secord, also.I like Regina Avonlea.
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By "so Canadian" do you want names that are associated with Canadian places? Or actual names used by Canadians?Oh, and a Kennebec is a potato.I associate these names with being "So Canadian"
Cameron
Calvin
Douglas
Gordon
Laurence / Lawrence
Loic
Lorne
Olivier
Owen
Pierre
Robert *Bob*
William *Bill* Anne
Catherine / Katherine *Cathy*
Emily
Helen
Joni - this spelling
Lea
Margaret
Marie
Marie-Neige
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Good ones!
Loic is used quite often where I live, a young person's name;haven't seen any older Loics.
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Gordon. 'Nuff said.
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I don't know. I haven't spent much time in Canada.Maybe:Acadia
Cascade
Elias
Kennebec
Victoriahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_writers

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