Day Names for Babies

A short and straightforward name for a springtime child.

Slavic possibility for a girl born during the Easter season.

Christmas is a day name long and quietly used as a name for babies born at Christmas. Prettier and more modern than Noel or Noelle.

This more elaborate version of the name is heard occasionally, but Samira or the related Samara is simpler and just as rhythmic.

Lively and engaging Scottish surname, particularly appropriate for a boy born on Monday.

Nikini means full moon in the language of Sri Lanka. In a world of Lunas and Selenas, Nikini is a spunkier Eastern choice with a beautiful lunar meaning.

Among the Ewe people of Ghana and Togo, Yao is the name for babies born on Thursday.

Used in France as a male name, this would make an appealing and unusual choice, as would two other Gallic month names, Avril and Mai.

Two very different meanings, depending on the kanji used.

An epithet of the Hindu goddess Lakshmi — the personification of fertility, prosperity, and wealth.

Interesting last-name-first possibility, evoking the springtime month; also a sports-hero connection to baseball great Joe DiMaggio. Could make an interesting way to honor Grandma May or Mary with a boy's name.

The Luhya people of Kenya have male and female names that denote the season the child was born in — Harvest, Planting, Rain, Weeding, Drought, or Hunger Season. Naliaka is the feminine name for weeding season, the male counterpart is Wanyonyi.

Pleasant-sounding word that could morph into a unique Sunday-picnic-type name.

Problematic, even if not for Dilbert.

One of the many Indian names now surging in popularity in the U.S..

Typical African day-of-the-week name.

The Akan people of Ghana and the Ivory Coast frequently name their children after the day of the week they were born and the order in which they were born. Most Ghanaians have a name using this system (think Kofi Annan, whose name means born on a Friday).

A pleasant seasonal name.

Both graceful and melodious.

A summertime baby name in Japan.