Names That Mean Day

Related to the better-known Arabic name Noor.

Lowdy is a friendly variation of the traditional Cornish name Loveday. In medieval England, a loveday was when adversaries would meet to settle their dispute peacefully. Babies born during such days were sometimes dubbed Loveday in honor.

Both graceful and melodious.

Natalino is the jaunty Italian male nickname for the gender-neutral Natale. And it has that fashionable o ending. Natalino might work as a nickname for Nathaniel too.

Tish for the twenty-first century.

Tori Amos added a little extra something to the already pretty elaborate Natasha for her daughter's name.

Almost unheard of in recent years, Dagobert has some connections to the French diaspora. Pere Dagobert was an eighteenth century Capuchin monk who immigrated to New Orleans from Quebec. Dagobert I was a king of the Merovingian dynasty in the seventh century.

Holyday is an archaic term from which "holiday" is derived. It would make a meaningful middle for a child born on an important religious holiday.