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Gender: Feminine & Masculine
Usages: Afro-American (Slavery-era)
This was used as an African American name during the slave period, as were all the other weekdays; naming children after the weekday on which they were born is common in some African cultures, notably Akan, and early slaves in America continued this practice with the English translations.
http://slaverebellion.org/index.php?page=africanisms-in-names
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Wednesday&gender=&type=sample
(Information from name #22326 originally submitted by user Aimy)
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Usages: Afro-American (Slavery-era)
This was used as an African American name during the slave period, as were all the other weekdays; naming children after the weekday on which they were born is common in some African cultures, notably Akan, and early slaves in America continued this practice with the English translations.
http://slaverebellion.org/index.php?page=africanisms-in-names
https://www.behindthename.com/top/beyond.php?name=Wednesday&gender=&type=sample
(Information from name #22326 originally submitted by user Aimy)
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This name was given to 112 baby girls in the U.S. in 2021.
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https://forebears.io/x/forenames/wednesday