According to Retraite Québec, the most popular baby names in Quebec in 2017 were (again) Emma and William.
Here are the province’s top 10 girl names and top 10 boy names of 2017:
Girl Names
1. Emma, 614 baby girls
2. Lea, 554
3. Alice, 512
4. Olivia, 483
5. Florence, 482
6. Charlotte, 425
7. Charlie, 420
8. Rosalie, 384
9. Beatrice, 369
10. Zoe, 349
Boy Names
1. William, 710 baby boys
2. Logan, 671
3. Liam, 629
4. Noah, 573
5. Jacob, 571
6. Thomas, 561
7. Raphael, 498
8. Nathan, 496
9. Leo, 494
10. Alexis, 461
The girls’ top 10 contains the same names as in 2016, but in a different order.
In the boys’ top 10, Raphael and Leo replaced Felix (now 13th) and Gabriel (now 16th).
Some of the baby names used just once last year include:
- Girls: Amberina, Benitha, Cassily, Delya, Elpis, Felia, Gwenia, Hajrah, Isalia, Jecolia, Kindia, Lagertha, Mimsy, Nolka, Odaluna, Posie, Rinnah, Sharbella, Tesseract, Ujarak, Vitalina, Wathahontha, Ysoo, Zanaelle
- Boys: Arjo, Braveman, Clermont, Daxon, Ebbo, Floyd, Gideon, Holyver, Izai, Joah, Kephry, Lelio, Majorik, Nelligan, Orelsan, Plume, Ricardy, Syphax, Tayze, Uapeshkuss, Valerian, Witghy, Yanrick, Zarrar
This is the first time I’ve seen the geometry term “tesseract” used as a baby name. As Wikipedia puts it, “the tesseract is to the cube as the cube is to the square.” It’s a hypercube, basically. The word was coined in the 1880s from the Greek words tessera, “four,” and aktis, “ray.” Definitely an unusual name…though it does conveniently shorten to Tess.
Sources: List of Baby Names – Retraite Québec, Tesseract – Wikipedia
Image: Adapted from Flag of Quebec (public domain)
Tesseract’s parents must be fans of A Wrinkle in Time. The movie just came out, and we’ve only been waiting d e c a d e s!
You’re right, that’s gotta be it.
Just realized that there’s an object in the Marvel Universe called the Tesseract, and it has made appearances in several of the films, starting with Thor in 2011. So that’s another potential influence.