Meaning and background
The story behind Sunday
Sunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. As a name it belongs to a recognisable group of weekday choices, with the soft opening and bright sound of “sun”. It might commemorate an adoption day, but that would be an individual story; the spelling alone supplies no evidence for it.
- Meaning
- The day of the week after Saturday and before Monday. Source
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About Sunday
Recorded as a dog’s name
Sunday appears in 20 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/sʌndeɪ/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the first syllable in the recorded US readings.
Other dictionary readings and notation
/sʌndeɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1S AH1 N D EY2
/sʌndi/ · primary stress on syllable 1S AH1 N D IY2
These are US dictionary readings. Personal, regional and other language pronunciations may differ.
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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