day name

[ dey neym ]

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.

day name

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of day name¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Nelson and others, including activist Denis Hayes, worked to expand the idea beyond college campuses, with events all around the country, and came up with the Earth Day name.

From Seattle Times

A zoo in Texas had a creative idea for Valentine's Day - name a cockroach, veggie or rodent for a small fee before it is fed to one of the animals.

From BBC

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

Each day, name five things you are grateful for.

From Salon

The mayor of Waterville, Nick Isgro, read a proclamation aimed at keeping the Columbus Day name at a council meeting on Oct.

From Washington Times