Digby is a boy's name of English origin meaning “dyke and settlement.” In England & Wales it was given to 21 boys in 2025.
Digby belongs to the English & American tradition. Its meaning — “dyke and settlement” — is the sense carried by its English roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Digby first appears in Social Security records in 2006. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #11011 in 2006, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 11 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Digby means “dyke and settlement” in its English roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Digby is a boy name. In England & Wales, 21 babies received the name in 2025.
Digby comes from the English & American tradition.
Digby first appears in US records in 2006. Its best-ever ranking was #11011 in 2006, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Digby is pronounced /ˈdɪɡ.bi/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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