Digby Forename

234,520th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 1,151 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Nauru

Digby Forename Definition:

A Teutonic name, meaning: A digger.

Digby Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England
100%
3331:166,9765,265
South Africa
100%
2481:219,89013,776
Australia-1691:80,8143,203
United States
96%
 
1241:2,923,68543,104
New Zealand-1081:42,0002,473
Canada-281:1,183,33522,004
Jamaica-171:169,6026,000
Zimbabwe
86%
 
171:907,28333,225
Wales
100%
161:193,3943,524
France-101:6,647,03424,227
Honduras-91:979,71911,190
Scotland
100%
91:594,4857,010
Venezuela-71:4,314,55660,709
Mexico
60%
 
61:20,690,73847,722
Sweden
100%
51:1,971,58130,505
Ivory Coast
50%
 
51:4,615,18769,481
Egypt-41:22,975,23627,891
Philippines
75%
 
41:26,502,369280,915
Thailand
100%
31:23,355,271268,869
Argentina
100%
21:21,386,62229,627
United Arab Emirates-21:3,575,99676,635
Saint Lucia
100%
21:88,9085,280
Chile
100%
21:8,803,60433,591
Malaysia
100%
21:15,224,970260,513
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Brazil-11:214,236,154864,335
Cyprus
100%
11:871,0765,368
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Colombia-11:47,778,92695,497
Belgium-11:11,490,04143,727
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Trinidad and Tobago-11:1,361,41934,512
Finland-11:5,483,18325,487
Guatemala
100%
11:16,108,42913,998
Liberia
100%
11:4,412,06136,340
India
100%
11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
Indonesia-11:257,963,6681,335,696
Peru
100%
11:31,791,454110,866
Norway-11:5,132,32937,513
Ireland
100%
11:4,643,51913,375
Nauru
100%
11:11,927903
Jersey-11:99,9802,122

Digby (6,137) may also be a surname.

Digby Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A Teutonic name, meaning: A digger.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Digby Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Digbey912/
Diggby912/
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Digbe80816/
Digba80120/
Digbi8064/
Degby804/
Digwy801/
Dygby801/
Dgbyy801/
Digbeu736,272/
Degbey73118/
Digber7329/
Digbei7327/
Digboi7318/
Digbet7317/
Deigbe7314/
Diegba7311/
Diogbe7310/
Doigbe735/
Diegbe735/
Daigbe732/
Digbai732/
Dugbay731/
Digbaj731/
Digbeh731/
Digbej731/
Diguey731/
Digway731/
Digwiy731/
Daigba731/
Daygbay676/
Digbeer673/
Diegbeu673/
Digbeth672/
Dgpb671/
Deigbeu671/
Dehgbay671/
Daingbe671/
Daaigbe671/
Diogbai671/
Digbhai671/
Dgpy671/
Dgbb671/

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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Digby