Day Names for Babies

Junian is an obscure saints' name with potential to work as an alternative to Julian.

Dinesh is a popular Indian name -- it stands for the sun in Hindu texts -- made familiar in the US by the HBO show Silicon Valley via the character played by Kumail Nanjiani. With the emphasis on the second syllable, Dinesh is a name that translates easily.

Tish for the twenty-first century.

Cute and wearable.

A sweet and simple Welsh word name, popular in its native land, especially in the middle spot.

Ajambo is an African name of the Luo language, spoken by the Luo people of Kenya and Tanzania. Like many African names, Ajambo's meaning refers to the temporaity of the birth — in this case, the evening.

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).

Way before January Jones made this month a fashionable girls' name, there was Princess Januaria of Brazil, daughter of the King of Portugal and the Archduchess of Austria. One of the most pointed yet most original January baby names.

Madhava is given as a name among Hindu baby boys, as Madhava is an epithet for the god Krishna. Madhava of Sangamagrama was a 14th-century Indian mathematician and astronomer whose contributions influenced later discoveries in calculus.

Perfect for a springtime daughter.

Perfect for September babies.

Classic African day name, with rhythm and energy.

Common male name in Ghana.

Ameyo is a common name in West Africa, where it is traditional to give a child a name that reflects their time of birth. Ameyo means "born on Saturday" and is derived from the word mene. Kwame is the masculine counterpart.

Feminine form of Nouel, a variant of Noel

Masculine form of Paraskeve, traditionally given to babies born on a Friday.

Maybe if you really love Autumn.

An unusal alternative to June or Junia.

Variant of Paraskeve