Personally, I would go for naming them after the twelve largest moons in the solar system, since they were originally (and still are in many cultures) based on the lunar cycles, giving the months Ganymede, Titan, Callisto, etc.
What would you rename the months?
edit: Simply using the numbers is already a thing (see, for example, 2026-01-01. January is represented as month 1), and reordering the existing month names would be a real headache, as it would be difficult to tell whether you are reading a date using the old or new naming scheme.
0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
I do not like this. No sir.
But then dates written like 2026-01-01 in the old format would be interpreted as being one month ahead! The reverse may also happen too. That sounds like a very bad idea
Well days of the month would need to be zero indexed as well
Oneuary, twouary, threeuary, fouruary, fiveuary, sixuary, sevenuary, eightuary, nineuary, tenuary, elevenuary, twelveuary
Oneember, Twoember, Threeember, Fourember, Fiveember, Sixember, Sevenember, Eightember, November (just to fuck with people), Tenember, Elevenember, Twelveember
I was thinking about tossing in one “Greg” just to keep things interesting
Also not a bad idea at all :)
- Onech
- Twoch
- Threech
- Fourch
- Fivech
- Sixch
- Sevench
- Eightch
- Ninech
- Tench
- Eleventh
- Twelvech
If you do that in Latin, you get names like September, October, and December. Just make sure not to randomly insert two extra months, making sevenuary by the 9th month.
Monuary, Dotuary, Trituary, Quadtember, Quintober, Sextember, September, October, November, December, Undecember, Dodecember
The idea that July and August were added and shifted the months to be wrong is actually a misconception afaik. The months they replaced were already basically “fiveuary” and “sixuary”.
The numbering got shifted off when they decided January should be the first month; it used to be March. February was the last month, which explains why leap days are added to February.
April, August, December, Februrary, March, May, January, July, June, November, October, September
(i.e. the existing names but alphabetised)
(EDIT: J traditionally comes before M. Am idiot.)
i guess your alphabet is a little different to mine. But i can dig it.
Nope. I’m just old and stupid.
This would make things so much easier in Excel
This wouldn’t be a good idea, as then people would easily mix up dates using the old names with your system (e.g. January would go from being the first month to being the seventh!)
I would second the motion to a 13 month calendar of all 28-day months (despite the fact you KNOW my birthday is going to end up on a forever Monday). The days of the week are named after scientists of seven different disciplines, the months after artists. There is a theme with the artists, so that 1/4 is musicians, 1/4 visual artists, 1/4 writers, 1/4 builders.
Whenever I see a street or city named after a politician or military officer, I always wish there were more things named after people that are actually useful for the world.
For reference, I was born on the 12th day of the month of Lady Gaga, of course an Einsteinday.
- Angela
- Pamela
- Sandra
- Rita
- Monica
- Erica
- Tina
- Sandra
- Mary
- Jessica
- You
- Me
Sandra 2: Bega Boogaloo
You are queueing in a line. But You 31st, need to wait so long! So frightening, like Halloween.
I tried my best. You could probably do something with Me 25th as well.
They would turn into 13 months and each one would have 28 days. September to December would be placed 7th to 10th, then July and August at the end, followed by Hermes as the 13th.
No love for the French Republican Calendar months?
- Pluvose
- Ventose
- Germinal
- Floreal
- Prarial
- Messidor
- Thermidor
- Fructidor
- Vendemiaire
- Brumaire
- Frimaire
- Nivose
People who know their Latin roots might know what these months are named after, but here’s a guide:
- “pluviosus”, meaning “rain”
- “ventosus”, meaning “windy”
- “germen”, meaning “germination” (of a plant)
- “flos”, meaning “flower”; or “floreo”, meaning “blossom” (of a flower)
- “prairie” (field)
- “messis”, meaning “harvest”
- “θερμός”, meaning “hot” in Greek
- “fructus”, meaning “fruit”
- “vindemia”, meaning “vintage” (harvesting of grapes)
- “brume”, meaning “fog” in French
- “frimas”, meaning “frost” in French
- “nivosus”, meaning “snowy”
Today (2026-03-23 UTC) would be the 23rd of Germinal, 2026 CE.
Wait, I thought the French Republican Calendar had 10 months only?
Your idea is great. But I would switch it to five months of 73 days each and name them Microbes, Plants, Fungi, Animals, and Robots.
Another, Year, Passes, Us, By, And, We, All, Die, In, The, End.
Easy mnemonic to teach the month names to your kids!
Morning Star, Sun’s Dawn, First Seed, Rain’s Hand, Second Seed, Midyear, Sun’s Height, Last Seed, Hearthfire, Frostfall, Sun’s Dusk, Evening Star
May, June, June, June, July, July, July, July, August, August, August, September
I don’t much care for winter.
- Intention
- Ice
- Seed
- Change
- Joy
- Sun
- Moon
- Fire
- Harvest
- Rain
- Despair
- Family
I eally like these names. But Despair needs an alternative name. Think of the poor people whose birthday is “Despair 1st”.
Wind could also work.
Month 1, 2, etc. Same with the week days.
Each month would be named after one of Elon Musk’s children, but the names would be randomized every year (any future children are added to the rotation). Eventually this becomes impossible to keep up with and we just end up using numbers anyway, which is fine with me.
01001010 01100001 01101110 01110101 01100001 01110010 01111001
01000110 01100101 01100010 01110010 01110101 01100001 01110010 01111001
01001101 01100001 01110010 01100011 01101000
01000001 01110000 01110010 01101001 01101100
01001101 01100001 01111001
01001010 01110101 01101110 01100101
01001010 01110101 01101100 01111001
01000001 01110101 01100111 01110101 01110011 01110100
01010011 01100101 01110000 01110100 01100101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010
01001111 01100011 01110100 01101111 01100010 01100101 01110010
01001110 01101111 01110110 01100101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010
01000100 01100101 01100011 01100101 01101101 01100010 01100101 01110010
