day name

American  

[dey neym] / ˈdeɪ ˌneɪm /

noun

1. (formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a Black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's gender and the day of the week on which they were born, as the male and female names for Sunday Quashee and Quasheba, Monday Cudjo or Cudjoe and Juba, Tuesday Cubbena and Beneba, Wednesday Quaco and Cuba or Cubba, Thursday Quao and Abba, Friday Cuffee or Cuffy and Pheba or Phibbi, and Saturday Quamin or Quame and Mimba.

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day name British  

noun

1. a name indicating a person's day of birth

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Etymology

Origin of day name

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Day after day, name after name, he couldn’t shake the sense that covid-19 victims were dying in waves too great for them to be properly appreciated.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2022

The day name is still used and later in life, it often becomes your middle name.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2018

I am grateful to Donald R. Wright for his insight into Quok’s Akan day name.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2015

Pope John Paul II passed a major milestone last week by naming 25 new Cardinals and placing his personal stamp on the body that will one day name his successor.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has an extraordinary mind and I believe that Germany will some day name his name with pride.'—Which was not bad guessing in its way.

From The Life and Works of Friedrich Schiller by Thomas, Calvin