Name Frequency List

Newfoundland name frequency list in Gazeteer of Canada

The eleventh principle of nomenclature, according to the Gazetteer of Canada, says new names should be euphonious and in good taste.
This list has birds, beasts, fish (all of them tasty), colours, place, size, shape, geography, condition, and trees preceded by their frequency.
Lance is mostly derived from the French l'anse meaning "cove".
Note the high number of Saint's (St.).
There are nearly twice as many north-south's as east-west's.
Greens, reds, and whites are more or less even but blacks preponderate.
There are more littles than bigs; more lowers than uppers, and a tremendous number of longs.
Animals in order of frequency are: seal, fox, deer-caribou-stag, beaver, horse-cow-goat, bear, otter, whale, cat, muskrat, moose, and lynx; perhaps reflective of their (both wild and domestic) order of economic importance to outport life.


15
73
32
75
103
330
62
33
35
147
35
18
29
18
26
25
57
66
49
63
Apsen
Back
Baker
Bear
Beaver
Big
Birch
Blowmedown
Bull
Burnt (ed)
Caplin
Caribou
Cat
Clam
Cow
Cross
Crow
Deep
Deer
Dog
101
11
99
117
53
20
106
65
80
220
51
19
42
43
104
139
15
31
495
351
Duck
Eagle
Flat
Fox
Freshwater
Goat
Goose
Grass
Great
Gull
Hare
Hawk(e)
Herring
Horse
Indian
Island
Juniper
Lance
Little
Long
115
5
29
158
17
23
68
81
21
15
125
108
27
193
112
107
28
135
81
69
Lower
Lynx
Man-o-War
Middle
Moose
Muskrat
Otter
Pigeon
Port
Rabbit
Rocky
Round
Saddle
St.
Salmon
Sandy
Sculpin
Seal
Shag
Ship
149
25
40
35
62
85
57
85
29

315
208
200
220

400
180
381
265
Shoal
Spruce
Stag
Sugar
Trout(y)
Upper
Whale
Wild
Wolf

Black
Green
Red
White

North
East
South
West