Digby - tell me what you think please!

[FrenchLimeBlossom]

A little help would be appreciated - what do you think of the name Digby for our possible DS1 (4 weeks to go)? Our surname begins with D as well - not sure if DMPD would work as initials.

My preferred alternatives would be Frederick (Freddie) or Benedict (Dickie) which I like because you can shorten them, but no such convenience with Digby - unless it is to 'Dig' which i don't like........

Help!!!

I know a 3-year old Digby. Makes me smile whenever I hear his mum call him - I love the name, but wouldn't use it myself.

What Emo said. You might not snigger but ALL his peers will. Dickie of all things. That's just asking for trouble. Please go back to the drawing boars.

Good luck with the birth etc!

Don't draw boars that's just silly. (bloody iPhone)

Biggest dog in the world is what springs into my mind.

Freddie is lovely though IMO.

I love it

My friend just called her dog Digby.

Digby Jones. Not good connotations for me.

Digby and Dickie are both terrible names. Sorry

I actually like Digby. I remember the film, but none of your son's generation will.

I do agree that Dickie is a bad idea - both from the perspective of childrens teasing but also because I just don't like it.

I also thought Sir Digby Chicken Caesar. "To the slotties!" :o

Hideous, I agree!

It's quirky, and a bit too obviously posh, but I like it.

"I love the name Dickie and am not put off by the thought of anyone sniggering, I never have and I know about 4 of them!"

But you're not a 9 year old boy. Find one and ask. Honestly.

And if you're not put off by the sniggering that's fine, but you're making the decision for someone else who may not be so strong willed.

lol. You jest, surely?

That was to FrenchLimeBlossom, not seeker.:)

Is no-one put off by this?

Tee hee I secretly like it! I might add it to my list of names DH would never agree to!

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lolol @ massive dog

from your list I like Freddie best, a name to be proud of! we're considering that too if we get pg with a boy :)

fraid i dont like Digby or Dickie though, especially Dickie think your wee one would get teased for that

good luck whatevr you decide

I quite like Digby (and Digory too) and think in a Boden type world it wouldn't be difficult to live with. Benedict is lovely, but I'm afraid Dickie really is awful, a real baby name and with the worst connotations. What about Richard/Ritchie if you like that sort of thing? or Willoughby if you want something that sounds like Digby but can be shortened and doesn't begin with a D.

I know a very sweet 4 year old Digby, who suits it well. He is just a normal looking kid- no long bodenesque hair!

He gets called Digs, Digger and Digby. Digger I especially like.

Horrible.

Also, deciding that you don't mind if someone else is laughed at (regardless of whether they are you son or not!) because they are called Dickie is a bit cruel, tbh. Because he will be laughed at. Benedict is a reasonably nice name, but he will not thank you when he spends his whole school day being laughed at.

Go with Fredrick.

I like it on that fictional family mentioned above! Arabella, Hamish, Benedict and Digby, but ......... you'd have to be certain you could pull it off.

Digby was the name of the nearby 'mental hospital' (as we called them) when I grew up. You can imagine what we did with the name as horrible little children. Dickie would be cruel.