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  • //deɪ//

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.

  2. 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. 3

    A surname from Irish can be found as both Day and O'Day from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”).

  4. 4

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.

  5. 5

    A number of places in the United States: A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.

  6. 6

    A number of places in the United States: A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.

  7. 7

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota.

  8. 8

    A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri.

  9. 9

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Saratoga County, New York.

  10. 10

    A number of places in the United States: A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.

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".

proper noun

  1. 1

    A Mbum-Day language of Chad.

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