Meaning and Origin
What does the name Daily mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Kansas, U.S. says the name Daily is of Gaelic origin and means "Irish def.- Assembly. American def.- pertaining to every day".
Usage: Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Etymology: AS. dæglīc; dæg day + -līc like. See Day
- A newspaper that is published every day
- Appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions
- Of or belonging to or occurring every day ("daily routine" and "a daily paper")
- Every day; without missing a day ("he stops by daily")
- Gradually and progressively
From Middle English dayly, from Old English dæġlīċ, from Proto-Germanic *dagalīkaz (“daily”), equivalent to day + -ly. Cognate with Scots dayly, daly (“daily”), German Low German dagelk, dagelik (“daily”), Dutch dagelijks (“daily”), German täglich (“daily”), Danish daglig (“daily”), Swedish daglig (“daily”), Icelandic daglegur (“daily”).
- Something that is produced, consumed, used, or done every day.
- A newspaper that is published every day.
- (Britain) A cleaner who comes in daily.
- (Britain, slang) A daily disposable.
- (video games) A quest in a massively multiplayer online game that can be repeated every day for cumulative rewards.
- (US, automotive, colloquial) A daily driver.
From Middle English dayly, from Old English *dæġlīċe (found only as dæġhwāmlīċe), equivalent to day + -ly.