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I read a book, no clue what it was, when I was very young indeed and it had a character called Loveday. I was delighted! I tried it out on my dolls, but they all had names already which suited them (or me) better. It's a splendid meaning, a real blast from the past. Given enough daughters, I'd honestly consider it, especially since I could use Daisy as a nn.

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If I met a Loveday, fn or mn, I'd be really happy.

I'd be happy. I'd never heard of it before I read it in a Rosamund Pilcher novel and there I thought it seemed whimsical and almost from a different world. But I guess the British, moneyed world she writes about is basically a different world than the one I live in. I dunno. I like it. I'd like it as a middle name. I wouldn't use it because my taste is so conservative but I'd love it if others did.

If it is from their mother’s maiden name, I could totally picture a Mary Loveday. Where I live Mary is often added to the maiden name of the mother to create a double name for the daughter. Some choose to use the maiden name only of the mother, for a daughter’s first name.

I know someone whose middle name is Loveday, after her mother. Loveday isn’t an overly unusual name where I live.