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04-15-2015, 10:42 AM | #1 |
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Modern Day Canadian Nameset
Get your Coles, Liams and Rileys! As a hockey fan who follows the NHL draft pretty deeply, it was clear I wasn't getting a similar feel in OOTP and the Canadian first names would need an update, so I made one and included it here. Included here are 1,426 names, from Ryan and Josh on down. Please note that this set does not include French Canadian names.
The numbers are based off of: 1) Birth records for Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia for the year 2000, which accounts for about 84% of the english-speaking population. Canada leaves first name stats to the provinces, which do not all publish that far back online. The three above made them available, but others did not. For example, Quebec only goes back to 2009, which is why I didn't make a French Canadian list. I decided 84% was high enough to avoid any further research headaches. 2) A survey of all Canadian junior hockey teams, including both major junior and junior A, which yielded over 4,000 players while excluding Quebecois or French Canadian names. If you have no clue what this means, these players are basically all in the 16-to-20-year-old range. This survey was particularly helpful to this American in setting my nickname frequencies (Thomas vs. Tom/Tommy etc.), though if any Canadians have suggestions on this front, I'm happy to hear them. As you can see, this list is for games in 2015 and beyond, not for old-timers leagues. Enjoy! |
04-15-2015, 11:51 AM | #2 |
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A welcome addition to the game. Thanks!
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04-16-2015, 12:38 AM | #3 |
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Any plans for last names!?
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04-16-2015, 09:26 AM | #4 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Hamden, CT
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JoefromChicago's set is the best for Canadian last names, by far. I've imported it myself, and it's excellent.
http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...amesets-2.html The only thing I might do for myself is add a few Scottish or Irish names to his list (since he keeps those separate) and a few extra NHL names. |
07-20-2015, 10:02 AM | #5 |
Minors (Double A)
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: Hamden, CT
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I finally finished up my own list for Anglo-Canadian last names, and thought I'd share it as well. It's based mainly off of Joefromchicago's great set that I mentioned above, but with all Canadian last names (non-French) in the history of the NHL, putting the count at over 7,000 names. One of the things it did was add a little more Eastern European/German/Russian variety that is interesting about Canadian names to the mix (though things are still quite anglo-sounding one the whole).
Please note that most Italian names were excluded, as I use those as a separate nationality. FWIW, I use 80% Canadian, 15% French/French Canadian, 3% Italian, 1% Chinese, 1% Indian, manually anglicizing unusual Italian and Chinese first names. |
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