Day

See also: Appendix:Variations of "day"

English

Etymology 1

This surname has multiple origins. Besides the ones listed below, Norman origin has also been suggested from De Haie", or "a corruption of the Normandy French D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deɪ/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

Day

1. A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.
2. An English surname originating as an occupation from day as a word for a "day-servant", an archaic term for a day-laborer, or from given names such as Dagr, Daug, Dege, and Dey, cognate with Scandinavian Dag.
3. A surname from Irish can be found as both Day and O'Day from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”).
4. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.
   2. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
   3. A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.
   4. An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota.
   5. An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri.
   6. A town in Saratoga County, New York.
   7. A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Ben Day, benday
• Day County
• John Day

See also

• St Day

References

• Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.
• Notes:

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Day

1. A Mbum-Day language of Chad.

Anagrams

• d'ya, y'ad, yad