Friday

American Day Name

Friday Origin and Meaning

The name Friday is a boy's name.

Friday became famous as a name via the sidekick character in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, morphing into a generic term for an all-around professional assistant, as in "girl Friday." As a word for the day of the week, Friday is associated with the old English goddess Frigg and the Roman goddess Venus, though the character makes Friday more of a male name.

Popularity of the name Friday

• 1707 Nameberry 2022

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Famous People Named Friday

• Harry Friday Baker (b. 2001) son of actors Simon Baker and Rebecca Rigg

The name Friday in Pop Culture

• Friday character in Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe"
• Friday character in the 2000 AD comics
• Friday artificial intelligence in Marvel Comics.
• Friday dog in 2009 film "Hotel for Dogs"
• Friday Caliban female character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Friday aka Jennifer K. Larson aka Zarana female character in the GI Joe series
• Joe Friday character on TV's "Dragnet"
• Wednesday Friday Addams female character in The Addams Family series
• "Friday's child is loving and giving " nursery rhyme