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Updated February 14, 2024

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Boy name origins & meanings

  • Old English : Settlement near a ditch

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from Digby in Lincolnshire, named from Old Norse dík ‘dike’, ‘ditch’ + býr ‘farm’, ‘settlement’.

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