Given name · also Late Latin
Digna
“worthy”·“she who is worthy”
Digna is used as a given name. Interpretations include “worthy” (Late Latin) and “she who is worthy” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “worthy” (Late Latin) and “she who is worthy” (Latin). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Late Latin.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Digna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 502
- 0 boys · 502 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 24 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,652 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,652 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 24 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,108 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Digna’s family of names
Digna has a related form in Deenya. Digna has a related form in Digne. Digna has a related form in Dinya.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Digna
- Digna OchoaMexican lawyer (1964-2001)
- Digna SinkeFilm director, screenwriter, film producerborn 1949
- Digna Luz MurilloColombian sprinterborn 1981
- Digna StrautmaneLatvian basketball player (born 1998)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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