English

Sunday

Pronounced SUN-dayShare

Meaning: Sunday; its older English formation means day of the sun

  • Gender-neutral
  • Familiar
  • Rising
  • 2 syllables

The story

Sunday is a day-of-the-week name with an older English sun-and-day formation. It also has substantial naming use in Nigeria and other African contexts, rather than belonging only to recent celebrity naming.

Nicknames

  • Sunny

Popularity

Familiar

In the US top 1,000 — familiar, not everywhere.

Climbing in the latest US data

Style

Origins

Sunday comes from English.

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