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Thread #67769   Message #1134885
Posted By: Bill D
12-Mar-04 - 01:09 PM
Thread Name: BS: What's in your name?
Subject: RE: BS: What's in your name?
I made a bet with myself that there would be web sites dedicated to this...I won..first hit!

here's mine You can do a search on yours, too.

DAY The Celtic and Gaelic word deag or dagh signifies good, excellent, the same as Da, in Welsh. Camden supposes the name to be a contraction of David. Dai, Du, in the Welsh, signifies dark, in allusion to the complexion or color of the hair. Dhu, in Gaelic, the same, dark color, black. Deah, Anglo-Saxon, dark, obscure.