Meaning and background
The story behind Wednesday
Wednesday is the English weekday between Tuesday and Thursday. Its name goes back to Old English Wōdnes dæg, 'Woden's day', a historical link to the Germanic deity. That is the etymology of the weekday, not proof that every dog called Wednesday was named for mythology. Its three-syllable look conceals a usually two-syllable English pronunciation, with the first d silent.
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About Wednesday
Recorded as a dog’s name
Wednesday appears in 17 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/wɛnzdi/
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
/wɛnzdi/ · primary stress on syllable 1W EH1 N Z D IY0
/wɛnzdeɪ/ · primary stress on syllable 1W EH1 N Z D EY2
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Sources and research notes (2)
- 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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