Wednesday is from the Old English *Wōdnesdæg* — "Wōden's (Odin's) day," the fourth day of the week named for the Norse-Germanic chief god. **As a feminine first name, popularized by the Charles Addams character Wednesday Addams — the macabre daughter of the Addams Family, who first appeared as an unnamed child in Addams's New Yorker cartoons (1938) and was named for the nursery rhyme line "Wednesday's child is full of woe"**. **Lisa Loring** originated the role in ABC's *The Addams Family* (1964-1966); Christina Ricci played her in *The Addams Family* (1991) and *Addams Family Values* (1993); **Jenna Ortega plays her in Netflix's *Wednesday* (2022-present), the most-watched English-language series on Netflix at the time of its release**, with 1.7 billion hours viewed in 28 days. **The viral 2022 "Wednesday dance" choreographed by Ortega became one of TikTok's defining moments of the year**. **A top-1000 US baby name since 2023, having surged after the Netflix series**. **Wednesday Martin** — sociologist and *Primates of Park Avenue* (2015) author.
Featured throughout 2022-present pop culture.
Wednesday reduces to one — the number of Addams.