# Were Tuesday and Wednesday Common (Girls') Names? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227 "2022-08-24T13:08:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/21 "2022-08-25T01:10:10Z")
That joke was around long before Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![JohnGalt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johngalt/32/184_2.png) [@JohnGalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnGalt)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/22 "2022-08-25T01:17:44Z")
This wasn’t in the South, and Playboy magazine was well known at the time for their playmates of the month, hence Miss September. She was not amused after hearing the “joke” from far too many guys. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/23 "2022-08-25T01:35:57Z")
I know two Septembers. Canadian Decembers can be cold and dark and seem to be better for making than naming. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2022, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/24 "2022-08-25T04:39:17Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I’ve never heard of real or fictional Mondays or Thursdays or whatever. > > Were these (or any other days) ever common names for girls? You can actually track the popularity of names here: > **[Wednesday - origin, meaning, popularity, and related names](https://mom.com/baby-names/girl/28593/Wednesday)** > > Explore the origin, meaning, and popularity of the girl name, Wednesday, with Mom.com's baby name lists. Mom.com is dedicated to empowering parents-to-be. The answer is clearly no. Both were had some minimal usage late ‘60s for a few decades but were never by any stretch common names. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/25 "2022-08-26T17:20:38Z")
Fletcher Christian’s first son was named Thursday October Christian, because he was born on that day in that month. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/26 "2022-08-26T17:31:46Z")
“Wednesday”?! What a horrible name for a girl. I’m glad my parents gave me a name they figured I would like as opposed to something I would want to legally change on the first day I became an adult. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/27 "2022-08-26T17:35:34Z")
I rather like it! I mean, I wouldn’t have conferred it upon any daughter I fathered (I’d have gone with Grace), but it has a certain ring to it. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227/28 "2022-08-26T21:29:16Z")
Tuesday Weld was was something of a sensation because of her unusual first name. Wednesday Addams was presumably named based on the line “Wednesday’s child is full of woe”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-tuesday-and-wednesday-common-girls-names/970227.md?page=1)