news report on baby names.

[laminy.livejournal.com]

I was watching the news tonight, and they had a segment on baby names in Alberta. Ethan and Olivia are the top baby names in the province for 2008, but the segment heavily featured less common names that showed up last year too.

Optimus
Zephram
Anakin
Brazen-Lee
Coal
Gonzo
Rexall
Anarchy
Tyranny
Science
Tree
Natorious
Barack
Obama
Leonidas
Xerxes
Napoleon

So, what does everybody think? I think that I can already guess for most of them, but it's an interesting list nonetheless. I'll totally admit, I've considered Anakin more than once.

Comments

[erikalyn.livejournal.com]

Well, essentially it's the same thing considering the company has the naming rights. Rexall pharmacies are all over the place out here, so it's not like someone would name their child after Rexall Place and not realize that they are in actual fact naming their child after a drug store chain. Either way, with Rexall being so prominant here in many ways, it seems ridiculous that anyone would actually want to use the name for their baby. Some people's children..

[laminy.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I realized after I commented that I might've said it wrong. Yes, Rexall, like the drug stores, I just meant that people probably weren't naming them after the stores specifically, but the rink instead. No doubt that people would definitely associate the drug store with them as well, even if theire parents didn't.