Day

Meaning

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”).
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Synonyms

Clarence Day

Clarence Shepard Day Jr.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/deɪ/

Etymology

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".