Digby is an English name of Old English (dic "dyke, ditch") and

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

(byr "farm, settlement") origin, derived from a place in County

Lincolnshire Lincolnshire (abbreviated Lincs.) is a county in the East Midlands of England, with a long coastline on the North Sea to the east. It borders Norfolk to the south-east, Cambridgeshire to the south, Rutland to the south-west, Leicestershir ...

.Digby
at Behind the Name. Retrieved 19 November 2020. Notable people and characters with the name include:

Surname

* Edward Digby (disambiguation), multiple people *

Grace Digby Grace Digby (1895–1964) was a British artist, notable as a landscape painter and jewellery designer. Biography Digby was born at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Scarborough in North Yorkshire and studied in Brussels. She was educated at the Bru ...

(1895-1964), British artist * Henry Digby (disambiguation), multiple people *

Jane Digby Jane Elizabeth Digby (3 April 1807 – 11 August 1881) was an English aristocrat, famed for her remarkable love life and lifestyle. She had four husbands and many lovers, including Lord Ellenborough, Governor-General of India, King Ludwi ...

(1807–1881), English aristocrat, famed for her love life and lifestyle. * John Digby (disambiguation), multiple people * Kenelm Digby (disambiguation), multiple people * Lettice Digby (disambiguation), multiple people *

Marié Digby Marié Christina Digby ( ; born April 16, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna's "Umbrella", which was posted on YouTube in 2007 (and has since been viewed over 22 million ...

, American musician born 1983 * Robert Digby (disambiguation), multiple people * Simon Digby (disambiguation), multiple people * William Digby (disambiguation), multiple people

Given name

Digby Denham Digby Frank Denham (25 January 1859 – 10 May 1944) was a politician and businessman in Queensland, Australia. He was a Premier of Queensland and Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly. He was the first of only two Queensland Premiers t ...

(1859–1944), Premier of Queensland, Australia *

Digby Fairweather Richard John Charles "Digby" Fairweather (born 25 April 1946) is a British jazz cornetist, author and broadcaster. Biography Before becoming a professional musician, Fairweather was a librarian and has retained an interest in jazz bibliograph ...

(born 1946), British jazz trumpeter and cornetist *

Digby Ioane Digby Ioane (born 14 July 1985) is an Australian professional rugby union footballer who played for the Colorado Raptors in Major League Rugby (MLR). Ioane previously played for Panasonic Wild Knights in the Top League in Japan. He also pla ...

(born 1985), Australian rugby union player *

Digby Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham Digby Marritt Jones, Baron Jones of Birmingham, (born 28 October 1955), known as Sir Digby Jones between 2005 and 2007, is a British businessman and politician who has served as Director General of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) f ...

(born 1955), British businessman and politician *

Digby Morrell Digby Morrell (born 10 October 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Kangaroos and Carlton in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Western Australia, Morrell played his early senior football for West Perth. ...

(born 1979), Australian rules football player *

Digby (blogger) Digby is the short name of American political blogger Heather Digby Parton from Santa Monica, California who founded the blog Hullabaloo. She has been called one of the "leading and most admired commentators" of the liberal/progressive blogosp ...

or Heather Digby Parton, writer of the liberal blog Hullabaloo *

Digby Smith Digby Smith (born 1 January 1935) is a British military historian. The son of a British career soldier, he was born in Hampshire, England, but spent several years in India and Pakistan as a child and youth. As a "boy soldier", he entered train ...

(born 1935), British military historian *

Digby Tatham-Warter Major Allison Digby Tatham-Warter DSO (21 May 1917 – 21 March 1993), also known as Digby Tatham-Warter or just Digby, was a British Army officer who fought in the Second World War and was famed for wearing a bowler hat and carrying an umbrel ...

(1917–1993), British army officer in the Second World War *

Digby Willoughby (disambiguation) Digby Willoughby may refer to: * Digby Willoughby, 7th Baron Middleton (1769–1856) * Digby Willoughby (adventurer) (1845–1901), English mercenary * Digby Wentworth Bayard Willoughby, 9th Baron Middleton (1844–1922) * Digby Willoughby (bobslei ...

, multiple people

Fictional characters

* Albert Fitzwilliam Digby, batman and foil to

Dan Dare Dan Dare is a British science fiction comic hero, created by illustrator Frank Hampson who also wrote the first stories. Dare appeared in the ''Eagle'' comic story ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' from 1950 to 1967 (and subsequently in rep ...

in the ''Eagle'' series ''Dan Dare, Pilot of the Future'' and its revivals. *

Arthur Digby Arthur Digby is a fictional character from the BBC medical drama ''Holby City'', played by actor Rob Ostlere. He first appeared in the series fifteen episode "Blood Ties", broadcast on 2 January 2013. Arthur arrives at Holby City hospital to star ...

, a fictional character in ''Holby City'' *

Morven Digby ''Holby City'' is a British medical drama television series that premiered on 12 January 1999 on BBC One. The series was created by Tony McHale and Mal Young as a spin-off from the established BBC medical drama '' Casualty''. It is set in th ...

, a fictional character in ''Holby City'' *

Salu Digby Salu Digby, also known as Shrinking Violet, Violet, and Atom Girl, is a fictional character, a superhero and Legion of Super-Heroes member in the DC Universe's 30th and 31st centuries. She comes from the planet Imsk and has the power to shrink to ...

, ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' member * Digby Geste, one of three brothers in the novel ''

Beau Geste ''Beau Geste'' is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a re ...

'' and its various adaptations * the title character of ''

Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World ''Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World'' is a 1973 British children's fantasy-adventure comedy film starring Jim Dale, and directed by Joseph McGrath. A large supporting cast of British movie stalwarts includes Spike Milligan, Angela Douglas, No ...

'', a 1973 film starring Jim Dale * a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel featured in the 2014 movie ''

The Interview ''The Interview'' is a 2014 satirical alternate history action-comedy film co-produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following '' This Is the End'' (2013). The screenplay was written by Dan S ...

'' * a Golden Retriever on the 2007–2009 television show ''

Pushing Daisies ''Pushing Daisies'' is an American comedy-drama television series created by Bryan Fuller that aired on ABC from October 3, 2007, to June 13, 2009. The series stars Lee Pace as Ned, a pie-maker with the ability to bring dead things back to l ...

'' * a character in the video game series ''Animal Crossing''

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