Where did the names for he days of the week come from?

Answer 1

English names of the days
Remnants of the Germanic deities remain in the English language names for days of the week, as (more or less) calques of the Roman names:

Sunday: The name Sunday comes from the Old English sunnandæg, meaning "Day of the Sun". This is a translation of the Latin phrase Dies Solis. English, like most of the Germanic languages, preserves the original pagan/sun associations of the day. Many other European languages, including all of the Romance languages, have changed its name to the equivalent of "the Lord's day" (based on Ecclesiastical Latin Dies Dominica). Compare Spanish Domingo.
Monday: The name Monday comes from the Old English Mōnandæg, meaning "Day of the Moon". This is likely based off of a translation of the Latin name Dies Lunae (cf. Romance language versions of the name, e.g., French Lundi, Spanish, Lunes).
Tuesday: Tuesday comes from the Old English Tiwesdæg, meaning "Tyr's day." Tyr (in Old English, Tiw, Tew or Tiu) was a god of combat and heroic glory in Germanic paganism. The name of the day is based on Latin Dies Martis, "Day of Mars" (the Roman war god); compare French Mardi and Spanish Martes.
Wednesday: This name comes from the Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden (Wodan), more commonly known as Odin, who was the highest god in Norse mythology, and a prominent god of the Anglo-Saxons (and other places) in England until about the seventh century. It is based on Latin Dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury"; compare French Mercredi and Spanish Miércoles. The connection between Mercury and Odin is more strained than the other syncretic connections. The usual explanation is that both Odin and Mercury were considered psychopomps, or leaders of souls, in their respective mythologies. Also, in Old Norse myth, Odin, like Mercury, is associated with poetic and musical inspiration. In German, the day is referred to as mittwoch (mid week).
Thursday: The name Thursday comes from the Old English Þunresdæg, meaning the day of Þunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Germanic god of thunder. It is based on the Latin Dies Iovis, "Day of Jupiter"; compare French Jeudi and Spanish Jueves. In the Roman pantheon, Jupiter was the chief god, who seized and maintained his power on the basis of his thunderbolt (Fulmen).
Friday: The name Friday comes from the Old English Frigedæg, meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty, who is a later incarnation of the Norse goddess Frigg, but also potentially connected to the Goddess Freyja. It is based on the Latin Dies Veneris, "Day of Venus"; compare French Vendredi and Spanish Viernes. Venus was the Roman god of beauty, love and sex.
Saturday: Saturday is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English, named after the Roman god Saturn associated with the Titan Cronos, father of Zeus and many Olympians. In Latin it was Dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn"; compare French Samedi and Spanish Sábado, which come from Sambata Dies (Day of the Sabbath).
What is different is that the gods in question (except Saturn) don't appear to rule over the planets involved. However, as shown above, they correspond to some extent to Roman gods that rule over the respective planets.

Answer 2

England = yes (and other places where they speak English, or some variety thereof)..... Sunday was named for the Sun, because for most ancient religions or cultures, the Sun was the most important 'thing' in the world. Monday was originally Moon-day, because after the Sun, the Moon was the most important 'thing' in the world. With Tuesday we veer toward the Germanic countries and/or the Vikings...Tiwe or Tue was a version or the name of the God of Law, Tyr. So it might be thought of as Tyr's Day. Wend's Day was originally Odin's Day or Wodan's Day until Wend the smith God stole it...everyone pronounces it "Wend's Day" regardless of how it is spelled. Thursday was Thor's day (unless it was Giant's day, because the Norse/ Germanic for Giant is 'thurs', Hmmmmmmm). Friday may have Frigga's Day (wife of Odin), or it may have been Freya's day (The Norse Aphrodite or Venus), or it may even have been Frey's Day (Freya's brother, the God of elves and war, as well as the king of the Vanir....but we don't really want to get into that right now). Saturday was actually Saturn's Day, a survival of the Roman days of the week, for whom Saturn was their equivalent of Chronos, the God of time (hey, how appropo!), and father of Jupiter (Zeus), king of the Gods.

Answer 3

Simply look each Day up in a dictionary and it will tell you the derivation of the word.
Sunday - Obvious really, after the sun.
Monday - Day of the Moon.
Tuesday - After the God Tiw identified with Roman Mars.
Wednesday - Wodnesdaeg, day of the God Odin.
Thursday - Thur(e)sdaeg, day of thunder.
Friday - Named after Frigg, the wife of Odin.
Saturday - Day of Saturn.

Answer 4

Monday from the moon
Tuesday from a Norse god, don't remember the exact name.
Wednesday from the Norse god Woden aka Odin, I think he was the king of gods.
Thursday from the Norse god Thor, God of thunder
Friday I think was a Norse goddess.
Saturday from the Roman god Saturn.
Sunday from the sun.

Answer 5

All of the names have Latin and Old English origins, except for Saturday (Roman):

Sunday - from Old English word sunnandæg, which means "day of the sun". It's an interpretation of the Latin phrase Dies Solis.

Monday - from Old English Mōnandæg, meaning "Day of the Moon". It's likely based off of a translation of the Latin name Dies Lunae.

Tuesday - from Old English Tiwesdæg, meaning "Tyr's day." Tyr was a German pagan god of combat and heroic glory.

Wednesday - from Old English Wodnesdæg meaning the day of the Germanic god Woden (Wodan), more commonly known as Odin. Odin was the highest god in Norse mythology ... a lot like Zeus from Greek mythology. It's also based on Latin Dies Mercurii, "Day of Mercury".

Thursday - from Old English Þunresdæg, which means the day of Þunor, commonly known in Modern English as Thor, the Germanic god of thunder. It's based on the Latin Dies Iovis, "Day of Jupiter". Jupiter was the Roman version of Zeus, who used his thunderbolt just as Thor used his powers.

Friday - from Old EnglishFrigedæg, meaning the day of Frige, the Germanic goddess of beauty. Frige is later incarnated as the Norse goddess Frigg, but is also potentially connected to the Goddess Freyja. It is based on the Latin Dies Veneris, "Day of Venus".

Saturday - from the Roman god Saturn, who is associated with the Titan Cronos (the father of Zeus). Saturday is the only day of the week to retain its Roman origin in English. In Latin it was Dies Saturni, "Day of Saturn".

The days of the week in German are Montag (Monday), Dienstag (Tuesday), Mittwoch (Wednesday), Donnerstag (Thursday), Freitag (Friday), Sonnabend (Saturday) and Sonntag (Sunday).

Answer 6

see wikopedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_the_week#English_names_of_the_days

sunday oe sunnansdaeg day of the sun
monday oe monansdaeg day of the moon
tueday oe tiwesdaeg
wednesday oe wodensdaeg woden god of war
thursday oe thorsdaeg thor god of war
friday oe frigesdaeg Frij godess beauty
Saturday roman after roman god saturn

Answer 7

Friday was Freya

Answer 8

The greek gods.

Answer 9

Latin