day name

noun

(formerly, especially in creole-speaking cultures) a name given at birth to a black child, in accordance with African customs, indicating the child's sex and the day of the week on which he or she was 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).

Words nearby day name

day labourer, day letter, day lily, day loan, day man, day name, day nursery, day of atonement, day of infamy, day of judgment, day of reckoning

Example sentences from the Web for day name

  • Whoever is right, it is certain that the year can begin with its first day-name only once every four years.

    The American Egypt |Channing Arnold

British Dictionary definitions for day name

day name

noun

Western African a name indicating a person's day of birth