good day

A conventional, formal, and somewhat old-fashioned expression of greeting or farewell used during the daytime. Good day, sir! What news do you have for me from our partners out east? I will not tolerate this sort of rudeness! I bid you good day!

good day

Also, good afternoon or evening or morning . Formal ways of saying "Hello" or "Goodbye." For example, He began rather oddly by addressing the audience with " Good day," or " Good afternoon, ladies," said the sales clerk as we walked out. All these greetings represent an abbreviation of the now obsolete God give you a good day (afternoon, etc.), which dates from about 1200. Also see good night.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Herron	['herən]
Tuomas	TOO-o-mahs	Finnish
Tetty	TET-ee	English (Archaic)
Lina (2)	-	English, Italian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Lithuanian, Croatian
Teofila	te-aw-FEE-lah (Polish)	Italian, Polish
Jukka	YOOK-kah	Finnish