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Popularity of the baby name Alexis


Posts that mention the name Alexis

Popular baby names in Nova Scotia (Canada), 2010

According to Nova Scotia’s Registry of Vital Statistics, the top baby names in 2010 were Ella and Owen:

Girl Names

  1. Ella, 61 baby girls
  2. Olivia, 60
  3. Ava, 59
  4. Emma, 53 (tie)
  5. Lily, 53 (tie)
  6. Abigail, 48 (tie)
  7. Sophie, 48 (tie)
  8. Emily, 47
  9. Chloe, 41
  10. Alexis, 40 (3-way tie)
  11. Isabella, 40 (3-way tie)
  12. Madison, 40 (3-way tie)

Boy Names

  1. Owen, 77 baby boys
  2. Liam, 76
  3. Benjamin, 73
  4. Ethan, 70 (tie)
  5. Jacob, 70 (tie)
  6. Logan, 58
  7. William, 52
  8. Carter, 51
  9. Jack, 49
  10. Samuel, 45
  11. Nathan, 43
  12. Alexander, 41
  13. Brayden, 40 (tie)
  14. Noah, 40 (tie)

A total of 8,784 babies were born in the province last year.

Source: “Ella, Owen top baby names in Nova Scotia.” CBC News 24 Aug. 2001.

Popular baby names in Alberta (Canada), 2010

Flag of Alberta
Flag of Alberta

The most popular baby names in Alberta, Canada, in 2010 were Liam and Emma:

Girl Names

  1. Emma
  2. Olivia
  3. Emily
  4. Isabella
  5. Sophia
  6. Ava and Chloe [tie]
  7. Ella
  8. Abigail
  9. Alexis
  10. Lily

Boy Names

  1. Liam
  2. Ethan
  3. Logan
  4. Alexander
  5. Lucas
  6. Jacob
  7. Noah
  8. Benjamin
  9. Owen
  10. Carter

Service Alberta’s news release also mentioned some of the more unusual baby names of 2010. These included Soda, Canada, Universe and Duramax.*

*When I saw “Duramax,” I thought of condoms. Turns out Durex is the condom brand, and Duramax is a type of engine. Regardless, the name made me think of condoms. Not a good thing.

Image: Adapted from Flag of Alberta (public domain)

Popular and unique baby names in Quebec (Canada), 2009

Flag of Quebec
Flag of Quebec

The most popular baby names in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2009 were:

Girl Names

  1. Léa
  2. Florence
  3. Emma
  4. Rosalie
  5. Jade
  6. Juliette
  7. Camille
  8. Gabrielle
  9. Maika
  10. Mia

Boy Names

  1. William
  2. Olivier
  3. Thomas
  4. Nathan
  5. Alexis
  6. Felix
  7. Gabriel
  8. Samuel
  9. Antoine
  10. Xavier

Now that that’s out of the way, it’s time for the fun stuff. Here are some of the baby names that were bestowed only once in Quebec last year. (I didn’t see another Kierkegaard, but I did spot a Rousseau!)

  • Attila Norbert (boy)
  • Aztlan (boy) – Legendary homeland of the Nahua (Aztecs).
  • Bienheureux (boy) – French for “very happy” or “blessed.”
  • Billary (girl) – Bill + Hilary? Could it be some sort of tribute?
  • Carnegie Ursula (girl)
  • Fraidy (girl) – I was actually having a conversation about about cats when I noticed this one.
  • Galadrielle (girl) – Galadriel with a French twist.
  • God-Day (boy)
  • Greace (girl) and Alizee Greace (girl) – Is Greace supposed to be Grace? Looks more like “grease” to me.
  • Great-Rousseau (girl)
  • Harvest (girl)
  • Heavenly-Trinity (girl)
  • Jeanne-Bosco (girl) – Surely inspired by St. John Bosco.
  • Kinda Ahmed (girl) – Not definitely Ahmed, but kinda Ahmed.
  • Klervi (girl) – It looks made-up, but it’s not. Comes from the name of an obscure saint.
  • Limerick (boy)
  • Nervastone (boy)
  • Precious-Angel (girl)
  • Rafter (boy)
  • Ratzy (girl) – Well, much of January ’09 was part of the Year of the Rat. Maybe that’s where this comes from.
  • Rose-Desneiges (girl) – Des neiges is French for “of the snows.”
  • Schneider-Himrick (boy) – Sounds like a tool company.
  • Shadey (girl)
  • Syntyche (girl) – Means “with fate” in ancient Greek.
  • Tayden (boy) – First time I’ve seen this particular -ayden.
  • Turquoise Gold (girl) – School colors, maybe?
  • Wilberlyne (girl) – Kind of a cute way to feminize Wilber.

Have you had a chance to look through the list? If so, did you notice any interesting names?

Source: List of Baby Names – Retraite Québec

Image: Adapted from Flag of Quebec (public domain)

Celebrity baby name: Satyana

American actress Alyson Hannigan
Alyson Hannigan

Several weeks ago, actress Alyson Hannigan (of How I Met Your Mother) and actor Alexis Denisof welcomed their first child, a baby girl.

Her name?

Satyana Marie.

How did they come up with it? Here’s what Alyson said:

The root of her name means “truth” in Sanskrit, and we added the “ana” to make it go better with my husband’s last name, which is Russian. Her middle name is Marie after my aunt. We often call her Sati though.

What do you think of the name?

Update, May 2011: The name Satyana debuted in the U.S. baby name data in 2010!

Update, Jun. 2012: Alyson and Alexis have just welcomed a second child, a daughter named Keeva Jane.

Sources:

Image: Adapted from How I Met Your Mother cast by Francis Orante under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[Latest update: Nov. 2024]