Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Digby
“from the town near the ditch”
Digby is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from the town near the ditch.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from the town near the ditch.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Digby through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 11 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2006
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 2006. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 131 as a first name in 2020; 1,369 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Digby’s family of names
Digby has a related form in Digbea. Digby has a related form in Digbee. Digby has a related form in Digbey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Digby
- Digby Tatham-WarterBritish military personnel1917–1993
- Digby IoaneNew Zealand-Australian rugby union footballerborn 1985
- Digby BellAmerican actor and singer (1849-1917)
- Digby SmithBritish historian (1935–2024)
- Digby JephsonEnglish cricketer (1871-1926)
- Digby WolfeBritish actor (1929–2012)
- Digby George GerahtyBritish writer (1898–1981)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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