The Monday surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,379 people carried this name — #6,336 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 54,900 people counted. That is up 4% from 5,185 in 2000.

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In print

Monday in American newspapers,
1899–1909.

Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Monday
The Lexington Advertiser 1909-01-08
Newspaper page from The Lexington Advertiser carrying the name Monday
The Lexington Advertiser 1909-03-05
Newspaper page from Daily Inter Mountain carrying the name Monday
Daily Inter Mountain 1899-07-01

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.

In print

Monday in Australian newspapers,
1830s–2000s.

24,777 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monday. The most, 3,658, date from the 1940s. New South Wales has the most articles, but weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, the name stands out most in Victoria, at 1.3 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 8,838
Victoria 6,872
Queensland 2,739
South Australia 2,378
Western Australia 1,881
Tasmania 1,544
ACT (Canberra) 453
Northern Territory 38

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Monday.

Who carried it

People named Monday,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Edward Monday 1782– · naval officer
  • Daphne Victoria Monday 1886–1975
  • Carl Monday 1901– · journalist
  • Horace R. Monday, Jr. 1933–1991 · diplomat

Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Monday,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States420 records

420 records of the Monday name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 180
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 77
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 73
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 53
  • Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 17
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 13
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 4
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  • Sacramento County historic burials 1
  • U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 1
  1. Names engraved on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.
    Example: U.S. war memorial
    War record Jessie Monday

    Born 1931; from Jackson County, Missouri. U.S. Army, light weapons infantryman; killed in action 1950 in North Korea. Buried at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Kansas.

    U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record Carlie B. Monday

    Born 1924 in Kentucky. Enlisted 1944 at Fort Thomas Newport; farm hand. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 2000, buried at Monroe Co Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Tompkinsville, Kentucky.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  3. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Mary Monday

    Arrived at New York in 1851 aboard the Albert Gallatin from Liverpool, aged 24; dairymaid. From Ireland.

    U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain)

Showing 3 of 420 records for Monday in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).

Australia147 records

147 records of the Monday name in Australia
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 88
  • Tasmanian Names Index 39
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 19
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record John Monday

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Moffatt, sailing from Portsmouth in 1842. Native of Middle Wallop, Hampshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Henry Monday

    Arrived in Victoria in 1854 aboard the Luconia, aged 31; English.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Livre d’or of the French war dead, Paris
    Example: roll of the war dead
    War record J. Monday

    Australian Engineers. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)

Showing 3 of 147 records for Monday in Australia.

Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).

United Kingdom15 records

15 records of the Monday name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 10
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 5
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Sarah Monday

    Buried in 1828 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 70.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record E. T. Monday

    Machine Gun Corps. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1919.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Thomas Monday

    Buried in 1853 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 30.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Showing 3 of 15 records for Monday in the United Kingdom.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada6 records

6 records of the Monday name in Canada
  • Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 5
  • Ontario immigration records, 1865–1883 1
  1. The first page of an emigration file from Gündlingen, Baden, 1883
    Example: German emigration file, 1883
    Emigration record Jonathan Monday

    Left New York in 1783 aboard the Blackett, bound for Port Roseway, aged 19.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Ed Monday

    Came to Ontario in 1877 aboard the Caspian, bound for London, Ontario; English.

    Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.
  3. A marriage entry in the civil register of Tilburg, 1911
    Example: marriage register, 1911
    Marriage record Mary Monday

    Married 1799 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

    Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia.

Showing 3 of 6 records for Monday in Canada.

Counts: Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · Archives of Ontario. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Emigration file, Gündlingen, 1883, Landesarchiv Baden-Württemberg, Staatsarchiv Freiburg B 694/1 Nr. 1389 (CC BY 4.0); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain).

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