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Sunday was the first day name to be regularly used in modern times. Here are a couple of paragraphs from a column I wrote in 2018 explaining it:
In 1904 Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) starred in the Broadway play “Sunday”, about a woman left as a baby on a doorstep and called after the day she’s found. “That’s all there is, there isn’t any more,” a line Barrymore made so famous it was parodied in many films, came from “Sunday.”
The play was the basis for “Our Gal Sunday”, a radio soap opera which began in 1937. Sunday, growing up poor in a Colorado mining camp, ends up marrying British Lord Henry Brinthrope. “Our Gal Sunday,” one of radio’s top shows for much of its run, lasted until 1959.
In 1904 Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959) starred in the Broadway play “Sunday”, about a woman left as a baby on a doorstep and called after the day she’s found. “That’s all there is, there isn’t any more,” a line Barrymore made so famous it was parodied in many films, came from “Sunday.”
The play was the basis for “Our Gal Sunday”, a radio soap opera which began in 1937. Sunday, growing up poor in a Colorado mining camp, ends up marrying British Lord Henry Brinthrope. “Our Gal Sunday,” one of radio’s top shows for much of its run, lasted until 1959.
My first thought is the nursery rhyme:
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
But the child that is born on Sabbath day,
Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.
Additionally, Friday reminds me of the character in "Robinson Crusoe," and Wednesday is, of course, associated with the Addams Family.
I don't really care for the days of the week as names. It feels rather unimaginative to name a child after whichever day of the week they were born, but random to name a child after a day of the week that has no connection to them. Sunday is the nicest since it sounds like sunny days ahead and new beginnings.
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace.
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go.
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living.
But the child that is born on Sabbath day,
Is bonny and blithe, good and gay.
Additionally, Friday reminds me of the character in "Robinson Crusoe," and Wednesday is, of course, associated with the Addams Family.
I don't really care for the days of the week as names. It feels rather unimaginative to name a child after whichever day of the week they were born, but random to name a child after a day of the week that has no connection to them. Sunday is the nicest since it sounds like sunny days ahead and new beginnings.
This message was edited 5/19/2025, 8:11 AM
Not a fan of days of the week names.
I like some of them, but not really because of the day itself, you know? I like Wednesday and especially Tuesday, because I like the sounds. I'm not keen on any other day-names, though sometimes I like Friday in theory.
It's interesting when a very unusual name just seems to work on certain people! I love that.
It's interesting when a very unusual name just seems to work on certain people! I love that.
Absolutely not. The entire premise is ridiculous.
I’m not a fan of days of the week names. If I had to pick a favorite I’d say Sunday.
Not a fan of day of the week names. Domenica technically means Sunday in Italian but it’s really just the feminine form of Domenico.
I'd have been Thursday, and I'm very glad I'm not. I could just about see the point of Sunday - new beginning, first day of the week, who doesn't enjoy sunshine - but the rest do not appeal.
I think Monday is by far the prettiest day-of-the-week name!! It was on my PNL a few years ago.