Day
English
Etymology 1
This surname has multiple origins. Besides the ones listed below, Norman origin has also been suggested from De Haie",[1] or "a corruption of the Normandy French D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy". [2]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Day
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Derived terms
References
- Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges : A Dictionary of Surnames. Oxford University Press 1988.
- Notes:
- ^ Elisabeth Alice Gibbens Cole, An Account of Our Day Family of Calvert County, Maryland (1940), p. 49.
- ^ Day Surname Origin & Last Name Meaning at Ancestor Search.
- ^ Day Surname Origin & Last Name Meaning at Ancestor Search.
- ^ Ernest Weekley, The Romance of Words (1927), p. 165.
- ^ Susa Young Gates, Surname Book and Racial History (1918) p. 289.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Day