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Popularity of the baby name Day


Posts that mention the name Day

Baby born on D-Day, named D-Day

D-Day

I couple of years ago I posted about a baby who was born on D-Day — the day, during WWII, that Allied forces invaded northern France via the beaches of Normandy. She was named Dee Day.

Today marks the 69th anniversary of D-Day, so let’s check out another D-Day baby: Earl D-Day Samuel Campbell, who was born in Gallatin, Montana, on June 6, 1944.

Not only that, but he got married on the same date exactly 20 years later — June 6, 1964. (His wife’s name was Cheryl.)

Interesting fact: The “D” in D-Day may simply (and redundantly!) stand for “day,” according to PBS:

The Army began using the codes “H-hour” and “D-day” during World War I to indicate the time or date of an operation’s start. Military planners would write of events planned to occur on “H-hour” or “D-day” — long before the actual dates and times of the operations would be known, or in order to keep plans secret. And so the “D” may simply refer to the “day” of invasion.

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Image: Normandy Invasion (public domain)

Babies born on Easter, named Easter

Easter eggs

Here’s a short list of babies named for the fact that they were born on (or near) the holiday of Easter:

  • Easter Eve, female, born on April 14, 1661, in England.
  • Easter Sunday Renick, female, born on April 8, 1860, in West Virginia.
  • Easter Lily Gates, female, born on April 21, 1889, in Iowa.
    • She was the Supervisor of Elections in Broward County, Florida, from 1929 to 1969. “Hats were her trademark.”
  • Easter Daybreak Mullarkey, female, born on March 29, 1891, in Scotland.
  • Easter Eve Tyrell, female, born April 16, 1892, in Maine.
  • Easter Sunday Mckinnon, female, born on April 18, 1906, in North Carolina.
  • Easter Day Hagans, female, born on April 23, 1916, in Florida.
  • Easter Day, female, born on April 20, 1930, in Kentucky.
    • “Day” was her married name, ironically.
  • Easter Sunday Cook, female, born on April 9, 1939, in North Carolina.
  • Bunny Easter Parris, born in 1947 in North Carolina.
  • Mirabella Bunny Adams, born in 2011 to musician Bryan Adams.

Know of any others?

Image: Adapted from Easter-eggs-1 under CC0 1.0.

Holiday baby name: Happy New Year

Christmas tree decorations

Happy New Year, everyone!

So here’s the question of the day: Have any babies ever been named after the New Year?

The answer is yes.

Notably, at least six people have been named Happy New Year:

  • Happy New Year Boor (female), born on January 1, 1926, in Pennsylvania
  • Happy New Year Dennis (female), born in 1920 in South Africa
  • Happy New Year Grierson, born on January 1, 1896, in Oregon
  • Happy New Year Kauakahi (female), born on January 1, 1907, in Hawaii
  • Happy New Year Kapahu (male), born circa 1907 in Hawaii
  • Happy Newyear Kerwenzee (female), born circa 1877 in Ontario

Several hundred others have simply been named New Year.

The earliest examples I’ve seen come from the 1600s:

  • Newyear Dale (male), baptized on January 6, 1675, in Yorkshire, England
  • Newyear Harrison (male), baptized on January 2, 1687, in Yorkshire, England
  • New Year Carlile (female), baptized on January 12, 1690, in Cumberland, England
  • New Years Mitchinson (male), baptized on December 31, 1691, in Cumberland, England
  • New Year Ireland (male), baptized on February 5, 1694, in Yorkshire, England

Here are a few more from the 1700s:

  • New Year Dowthwait (male), baptized on January 1, 1731 in Yorkshire, England
  • New Year Prudget (male), baptized on January 15, 1737, in Suffolk, England
  • Hannah New Year Chamberlain (female), baptized on January 7, 1759 in Northampton, England
  • Newyear Laycock (male), baptized on January 13, 1779 in Yorkshire, England
  • Charles Newyear Dunn (male), baptized on January 3, 1790, in Lincolnshire, England
William New Year Sadler (in the Norfolk parish register)
William New Year Sadler (1819)

And a few more from the 1800s:

  • William New Year Sadler (male), baptized on January 2, 1819, in Norfolk, England
  • Aaron New Years Enderby (male), baptized on January 9, 1831, in Lincolnshire, England
  • Henry New Year Norris (male), born on January 1, 1845, in Illinois
  • Frances New Year Tobin (female), born on December 31, 1872, in Minnesota
  • Jesse New Years Harris (male), born on January 1, 1891, in Alabama

And, finally, a few more from the early 1900s:

  • Columbus New Year Clanton (male), born on January 1, 1900, in Alabama
  • Curtis New Year Cooper (male), born on January 1, 1905, in Texas
  • New Years George Many Ribs (male), born on January 1, 1910, in North Dakota
  • New Year Bell Baine (female), born on January 1, 1912, in Alabama
  • New Year Day McAdoo (male), born on January 1, 1912, in Arkansas
    • He went by the nickname “Day.”

Sources: FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave

Top image: Adapted from Bellagio Christmas tree by Bert Kaufmann under CC BY-SA 2.0.

[Latest update: Dec. 2024]

Popular and unique baby names in Quebec (Canada), 2009

Flag of Quebec
Flag of Quebec

The most popular baby names in the Canadian province of Quebec in 2009 were:

Girl Names

  1. Léa
  2. Florence
  3. Emma
  4. Rosalie
  5. Jade
  6. Juliette
  7. Camille
  8. Gabrielle
  9. Maika
  10. Mia

Boy Names

  1. William
  2. Olivier
  3. Thomas
  4. Nathan
  5. Alexis
  6. Felix
  7. Gabriel
  8. Samuel
  9. Antoine
  10. Xavier

Now that that’s out of the way, it’s time for the fun stuff. Here are some of the baby names that were bestowed only once in Quebec last year. (I didn’t see another Kierkegaard, but I did spot a Rousseau!)

  • Attila Norbert (boy)
  • Aztlan (boy) – Legendary homeland of the Nahua (Aztecs).
  • Bienheureux (boy) – French for “very happy” or “blessed.”
  • Billary (girl) – Bill + Hilary? Could it be some sort of tribute?
  • Carnegie Ursula (girl)
  • Fraidy (girl) – I was actually having a conversation about about cats when I noticed this one.
  • Galadrielle (girl) – Galadriel with a French twist.
  • God-Day (boy)
  • Greace (girl) and Alizee Greace (girl) – Is Greace supposed to be Grace? Looks more like “grease” to me.
  • Great-Rousseau (girl)
  • Harvest (girl)
  • Heavenly-Trinity (girl)
  • Jeanne-Bosco (girl) – Surely inspired by St. John Bosco.
  • Kinda Ahmed (girl) – Not definitely Ahmed, but kinda Ahmed.
  • Klervi (girl) – It looks made-up, but it’s not. Comes from the name of an obscure saint.
  • Limerick (boy)
  • Nervastone (boy)
  • Precious-Angel (girl)
  • Rafter (boy)
  • Ratzy (girl) – Well, much of January ’09 was part of the Year of the Rat. Maybe that’s where this comes from.
  • Rose-Desneiges (girl) – Des neiges is French for “of the snows.”
  • Schneider-Himrick (boy) – Sounds like a tool company.
  • Shadey (girl)
  • Syntyche (girl) – Means “with fate” in ancient Greek.
  • Tayden (boy) – First time I’ve seen this particular -ayden.
  • Turquoise Gold (girl) – School colors, maybe?
  • Wilberlyne (girl) – Kind of a cute way to feminize Wilber.

Have you had a chance to look through the list? If so, did you notice any interesting names?

Source: List of Baby Names – Retraite Québec

Image: Adapted from Flag of Quebec (public domain)