So I've added/seen Wednesday on a few lists recently, which of course made me think of Wednesday Addams. I was curious about her name origin, and it turns out that Charles Addams, creator of the Addams Family, was referencing the poem Monday's Child:
Monday’s child is fair of face,
Tuesday’s child is full of grace,
Wednesday’s child is full of woe,
Thursday’s child has far to go,
Friday’s child is loving and giving,
Saturday’s child works hard for a living,
And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
Is bonny and blithe, and good and gay.
I thought it would be fun to center a CAF around the poem, so I've created a seven child CAF with several choices of names for each day of the week that references each line. Some are very obscure since I wanted to give you good names to work with! There are boy and girl options for each name, so roll a dice to decide the gender of each child. Even - girl, odd - boy. Choose a first and middle name from each small bank. Have fun!
Parents
(names with meanings relating to night or day)
DH and DW
{Asa, Clarence, Donovan, Lucian, Samson, Orpheus)
{Dawn, Aurora, Lila, Estelle, Nova, Vesper}
Monday
(names that mean beauty or fair)
DD or DS
Girls: {Belle, Callista, Astrid, Belinda, Rosalind, Marabel}
Boys: {Beau, Kenneth, Memphis, Bellamy, Finnian, Blake}
Tuesday
(names meaning grace, gracious, or other similar qualities)
DD or DS
Girls: {Amara, Ana, Grace, Hannah, Joan, Annette}
Boys: {John, Zane, Micah, Giovanni, Ian, Ivan}
Wednesday
(names meaning woeful, sorrow, or have a sad meaning)
DD or DS
Girls: {Dolores, Lola, Mara, Deidre, Mallory, Claudia}
Boys: {Brennan, Tristan, Payne, Cecil, Claude, Kieran}
Thursday
(names with negative meanings and connotations to represent the struggles of life's journey)
DD or DS
Girls: {Lilith, Emily, Lorelai, Delilah, Sloane, Cecilia}
Boys: {Blaise, Gideon, Cain, Rogue, Gulliver, Judas}
Friday
(names meaning love or exemplifying good qualities)
DD or DS
Girls: {Agatha, Carys, Charity, Cordelia, Esme, Winnie}
Boys: {Connelly, David, Hart, Lennon, Reese, Clemens}
Saturday
(names of occupations and names meaning strong or brave)
DD or DS
Girls: {Audrey, Bernadette, Paige, Piper, Matilda, Valerie}
Boys: {Deacon, Abel, Everett, Andrew, Taylor, Clark}
Sunday
(names related to good or Godly qualities)
DD or DS
Girls: {Bonnie, Blythe, Eliza, Faith, Dorothy, Odelia}
Boys: {Christian, Tobias, Emmanuel, Dominic, Amos, Isaiah}