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thoughts on the name wednesday!!

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MinaN · 30/11/2022 17:28

Thoughts on the name Wednesday? Always liked it personally from the old adams family movie but dh seems to think it will become more of a 'trend' name with the new netflix show out. Opinions?

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SheWoreYellow · 30/11/2022 19:58

Oh I love it.

BlueSuffragette · 30/11/2022 19:55

No. I really don't like it for a child. Maybe use it for a pet instead.

Soubriquet · 30/11/2022 19:49

I love it. I also like Tuesday and Friday but there we go.

Would definitely love calling a new baby Wednesday

musicandpassion · 30/11/2022 19:49

I don't like it. I think it's begging to be mocked and kids are cruel. If she isn't as hard faced as Wednesday Addams then she'll struggle with it imo.
Plus, Wednesdays are shit. If you're gonna be named after a day of the week, you'd want a good day like Saturday.

Fenella123 · 30/11/2022 19:49

Suspect like with any unusual name, the trick is to put it down as a middle name (even if it's used as the "real" name) so it's easy, later on, for the kid to decide that they're "Lily W. Smith" rather than "Wednesday Smith" if they think the situation merits that.

Tripsabroad · 30/11/2022 19:46

I love it and would be happy to be called it!

gaf · 30/11/2022 19:45

Rupert Grint (Ron Weasley) has a DD called Wednesday.

I don’t like it as a name, personally.

Vallmo47 · 30/11/2022 19:13

I guess it’s one way of teaching your kid and their friends how to spell the weekday, Wednesday is the one most commonly misspelled I’ve been told. :)

Sorry but it’s a firm no from me.

ItsABrandNewDay · 30/11/2022 19:08

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 30/11/2022 17:46

Why are Tuesday and Wednesday the only day names that people ever use?

Why not Saturday - nickname 'Turd' ?!

Thanks for this, will never see Saturday without seeing Turd ever again 😂

SkylightSkylight · 30/11/2022 19:08

You asked for 'thoughts on the nsne'

my thoughts are that naming a child after a day of the week is cruel & stupid.

Quite apart from that, I think it sounds ugly

Imagine being in a playground & calling Wednesday?!

just WHY? There are millions if actual names, which aren't days of the week.

you did dk.

if you introduced your baby to me as Wednesday, I'm smile & say 'oh that's lovely'
but inside think 'what were you thinking, poor kid'

Stayathomenamechange · 30/11/2022 19:08

Also, some annoying people call it "hump day"

romdowa · 30/11/2022 19:07

xJ0y · 30/11/2022 18:56

Dé Luain is only Monday with the Dé before it. Otherwise it's just moon I suppose

Luan is Monday.... gealach Is the moon. Luna was the celtic god of the moon .

Stayathomenamechange · 30/11/2022 19:06

It's very clunky sounding and ime people pronounce it in all sorts of different ways. One of my colleagues says Weddensday and I know someone who says Wennersday, then there's all the "wensday" people. Now I'm wondering how it's meant to be pronounced, actually 😂

Moonatics · 30/11/2022 19:04

I knew a Tuesday which suited her.
I know an April who was born in July.
I wouldn't rule out Wednesday, I like it but maybe not now, wait a couple of years.
I don't know any Sunday's but I like that too.
Have you look at other languages to see if it sounds better?

LidlCinnamonBun · 30/11/2022 18:59

I love it.

toastofthetown · 30/11/2022 18:59

I find Wednesday a very ugly sound. I’ve seen a fair few online discussions for Wednesday over the last few years, but would be surprised if it became anything more than a blip in the popularity charts. I just don’t think the sound has mass appeal.

WhereYouLeftIt · 30/11/2022 18:59

EmilyGilmoresSass · 30/11/2022 17:47

I can already hear the other kids at school whistling the Addams family theme tune and clicking their fingers 🙈

This.

Don't set your child up to be a target, it's cruel.

viques · 30/11/2022 18:59

WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll · 30/11/2022 17:46

Why are Tuesday and Wednesday the only day names that people ever use?

Why not Saturday - nickname 'Turd' ?!

It’s like month names. You never meet a November, or an October.

cleanfreak12345 · 30/11/2022 18:57

Awful

Roselilly36 · 30/11/2022 18:56

Adams family to me, Also isn’t Wednesday child full of woe? There is are so many beautiful girls names, why choose such a dull, unimaginative name.

xJ0y · 30/11/2022 18:56

Dé Luain is only Monday with the Dé before it. Otherwise it's just moon I suppose

Blendandmix · 30/11/2022 18:56

@Crazykefir my Tuesday friend was born on a Saturday

dustywindow · 30/11/2022 18:56

I love it would actually change my name to it Blush

Blendandmix · 30/11/2022 18:55

I knew a girl called Tuesday. Wednesday is better than Tuesday as a name but tbh I think all days of the week names are just mean

romdowa · 30/11/2022 18:54

I know someone who called their child the Irish for Monday. Luan. So why not Wednesday?