2023 Boy Names
Let’s get the ✨horrible debuts✨ over with!
(Names used for the first time in Alberta. Names we got this far without having. And we could have kept going!)
— Horrible Debuts
Acecius
Akston
Auxter
Berquist
Brialyn
Dechathorn
Hendrixxavier
Jentz
Kxion
Praxton
Prayden
Wishmith
Wycklen
— “Just add -xer to letters!” Debuts
Jyxer
Kaixer
Richxer
— Word-name Debuts
Anchor
Benchmark
Brainy (yeah that bodes real well)
Fable
Leader
Mighty
Rhino
Wynn-Fortune is new, Wealth isn’t… along with
Chosen
Lord
Marvel
Saint
Saviour
Stoic
Victory (can’t just name him Victor?)
This year felt extra heavy on the B-x-ns:
Bexon, Bexton, Brextin, Brexton, Brextyn, Brixton, Brixtyn, Bryxton and Broxton.
Lextan. Praxton. Rexton. I hate them all equally. But Zaxton maybe a tinch more.
Which reminds me, how is my favourite frankenstein Ka-s-n doing?
Kaesen, Kaesyn, Kaycen, Kaysen, Kaysin, Kayson, Kaisen and Khaison.
Yep, hangin’ in there.
— We are doing new & exciting things to spice up -ric/-rick!
Aulrick
Beauterick
Carlric
Chevyric
Rheindrick
Zhedrick
— The Useless Double-Consonant
Noahh
Pattrick
Zylerr
We always have a strong mythological showing with Orion, Ares, Apollo and Perseus… but last year we also had the seldom-used Poseidon, Aquarius and Atlantis.
Jupiter. Did you know that actually more girls than boys have been named Jupiter in Alberta?
Almost put Dionysius in there but this was a martyred bishop of Paris; just one letter different than Dionysus.
You know what would be better than Hercules though? Mercules. Another Alberta debut.
Leviathan! Glad we have one-per-year of Leviathan now. Super necessary. One on the girls list too.
— We like nature names, but must we resort to…
Coyote
Branch
Harvest
Obsidian
Woodland
Nature…
Gideon-Blaze, Ezzy-Kais, Khristian-Haze. Why do these weird hyphen names all rhyme.
Darlyn. Just all his life being called darlin’.
Skipper & Hopper.
Stetson-Cove & Stetson-Kouvr. What?
Bretton-Sterling. When you accidentally give birth to a full-grown Englishman.
Ask your doctor if Solairis is right for you.
Loucuis. *squints* Lou-cuis?
— Almost a real name
Jayminson
Jeffryn
Glennard
Jaystin
Brennix
—- Good names spelled badly
Axavier
Behnson
Beckom
Dunkkan
Jrue
Kyngzton
Phrances
—- Bad names spelled badly
Bookyr
Hexlee
Lexxin
Koast
— Just plain bad
Brawley
Briggly
Slayton
— Dramatic AND Misspelled!
Nazarith
Blayde
This year’s “worst boy name” goes to: Xxx
One can only hope it’s a clerical error and not a legit “name” that someone CHOSE for their son! But if it WAS a placeholder while they decided on real a name (more hoping) then we actually have a tie between Zxaivian and Xzayvion. As far as I can tell these would be pronounced the same– but what should come first, the Z or the X? The answer is, who cares. They are both ghastly
