Dog name guide

Tuesday

The meaning, background and naming story of Tuesday.

Letters
7
Syllables
2Dictionary reading
Starts with
T

Meaning and background

The story behind Tuesday

Tuesday is the English weekday following Monday. Its Old English form, *tīwesdæg*, meant the day of Tiu, a Germanic deity associated with the Roman Mars. That makes it a calendar-word name with a genuine mythological element in its history, not a modern invention meaning 'the second day'. A dog called Tuesday need not have been born on that particular day.

Meaning
The day of the week after Monday and before Wednesday. Source
Origin
Old English tīwesdæg, literally “day of Tiu”, referring to a Germanic deity. Source

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Recorded as a dog’s name

Tuesday appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.

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Pronunciation and rhythm

/tuzdi/

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

/tuzdi/ · primary stress on syllable 1
T UW1 Z D IY0

/tuzdeɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1
T UW1 Z D EY2

/tjuzdeɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1
T Y UW1 Z D EY2

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