Do you like the name Digby?

[Coldsleeves]

We've always said we would use this name but I'd like to get others opinions as I'm doubting myself!

Isn't there a show on nick jr called 'digby dragon'?
That's what the name reminds me of... an animated dragon.

Daft name for a kid.

Yes. For a dog

No, I really don’t, sorry. You obviously do though, so go for it!

For a dog yes, a child, not really

Look up The Surprising Adventures of Sir Digby Chicken Caesar off That Mitchell and Webb Look.

You don't think there is such a thing as a dogs name? What about Spot is that a people name too?

I like it!

There are no dogs names as such, just names. However this one is so entrenched in dog name history that it even has a song. Someone’s parents or grandparents will remember this and he’ll have it sung to him at school.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=NgQgoM5G_-0

The film might even get remade and that’d be worse.

Cute for a dog.

I think its an association, and it’s not a ‘dogs name’ as such.

Same as you associate Mickey with mouse, Alvin with a chipmunk, Peter with a rabbit, digby with a dog.

I’ve always loved the name Dougie, but after watching the tv show Hey duggee for the millionth time it’s completely put me off (he’s a dog too)

@KingLooieCatz beat me to it - sorry OP, I hear Digby I think Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

Yes! I love it!

Even Sir Digby Chicken Caesar can't put me off the name.

Digory is lovely too.

No, I think it's silly.

Don’t like Digby, too doggish.

Diggory will always be Cedric to me

I like it. I think of Sir Digby Jones the businessman and politician. Never heard of the dog.

No sorry. It sounds like dick while also sounding incredibly weak/soft.

I mean if this is the name you and your DP love then it doesn't matter what MN thinks.
But now that you've asked I'd suggest using a different name.

Please don’t inflict that name on a child

Digby clams

Fantastic name. I love it.

Of course there is such a thing as a 'dog's name'- fido, rover etc. People may also use more human sounding names for their dogs but that doesn't change the fact that there are dog names.

Digby sounds very much like to belongs with other very doggy names to me.

yes i really like it

OP, you can say you "don't believe in dog only names" till the cows come home, but it's doesn't change that fact that Digby is the name of many a dog and not many a child.

@KingLooieCatz that was my first thought too

Put it this way op, fast forward 3 years, you're in a park shouting your toddlers name, and you'll have 2 labradors, a shitzu and a Jack Russel bounding towards you.

Don't do it.