Name News

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Friday comes from Old English frīġedæġ meaning "Frigg's day", Frigg being the Norse goddess of marriage, childbirth, and the earth. She is also depicted as having the power of foreknowledge and is the wife of Odin. Frigg comes from an Old Norse source meaning “beloved” or “to love” deriving from a PIE root word meaning “to love, to please”. Friday is…

Wednesday comes from Old English wodnesdæg meaning "Woden's day", Woden being the Anglo-Saxon version of Odin, the name of the chief god in the Norse pantheon. Odin is an anglicized form of Old Norse Óðinn which comes from óðr meaning “inspiration, rage, frenzy”. It comes from Proto-Germanic *Wodanaz meaning “poetic fury” derived from *wodaz (rage, manic inspiration, mad, furious, possessed). In the nursery rhyme Monday's…

Monday is made up from Old English mona (moon) and daeg (day) meaning "moon day" or "day of the moon". As a surname, Monday comes from Old Norse given name Mundi via mundr meaning "protection, protector" though it could also have originated as a nickname for someone who had a particular association on that day. As an Irish surname, Monday…

The idea is to have an Italian first name and a Ghanaian middle name.

you don’t have to set out for the Karakum Desert unless you’re so inclined. And you don’t have to choose a name based on a calendar, unless finding it there transforms it from just another name to The Right Name for your child.

The proud father’s first post features his baby daughter and he finally reveals her name: Wednesday G. Grint.

Don't forget to enter The Catholic Working Mom's Guide to Life giveaway if you haven't already! You have until Sunday at midnight! A mama I did a private consultation for has let me know her little girl has arrived and been given the a-MAZ-ing name ... Sunday Josephine! She writes, "When we went to the…

Saturday comes from Old English Sæterndæg meaning "Saturn's day", Saturn being the Roman god of agriculture and fertility in Roman mythology. The name seems to be derived from Latin satus (sowing, planting) which ultimately derives from PIE root word *seh₁- (to sow, to plant), though it’s also possible that the name comes from Etruscan Satre, the name of an Etruscan god, his name…

Thursday comes from Old English þursdæġ, a contraction of þunresdæg essentially meaning "Thor's day", named after the Norse god of thunder whose name means "thunder" via Proto-Germanic *þunraz (thunder) derived from a PIE root word. Origin: Proto-Indo-European  

Tuesday comes from Old English Tiwesdæg meaning "Tiw's day", Tiw being a Proto-Germanic form of Tyr, the Norse god of law, justice, the sky, and war. It seems to derive from PIE *deywós (god) (the same source as Zeus and Jupiter), a derivative of root *dyew- (to be bright; sky, heaven). In the nursery rhyme, Monday's Child, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Origin:…

Can I register a complaint about that old nursery rhyme about the babies born on each day of the week? Six kids are blessed with great qualities: fair of face, full of grace, loving and giving...and then there's Wednesday's child, who's "full of…

"It came to me after my make-up artist recommended a cleanser to me by a brand called Sunday Riley. I thought it had a really nice ring to it, and the more I thought about it, the more I loved it." 

Dominic is the English form of Late Latin Dominicus meaning "of the Lord" from Latin dominus meaning "master, lord, ruler" derived from Proto-Indo-European *demh₂- (to tame, domesticate). It was traditionally given to a child born on a Sunday. Dominic is also a surname derived from the given name, Nicknames: Dom, Nic, Nicky/Nickie Origin: Proto-Indo-European Variants: Domenic (English) Dominick (English) Dominicus (Late Latin,…