Digby?

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It may be the hormones/ insomnia talking but I think I may like the name Digby .

DH and I both like the whole old name thing and have been pretty settled on Wilbur for a while now but I am suddenly having a wobble!

What do you think?

May I draw your attention to 'Potty Fartwell & Knob' ISBN 978-0-7553-1655-7

Constant Pain (F) Born Hackney London 1901 pg117!!!!

Not loving either name, tbh. Digby is too surnamey/place-namey for me. Wilbur a bit too animal-like even though I'm not sure where that's from... if you like old-fasioned "Wil" names, how about Wilfred/Wilfrid maybe? "Wilf" is a pretty awful nickname though.

I like Wilfred but really not keen on Freddie which it is bound to get abbreviated too - I like Wilf.

Very late to this...I have a Digby (born 07). Couldn't give a monkey's arse what anyone else thinks otherwise I wouldn't have chosen it

How very rude some people are. 'I can't think of anything nice to say about the name Digby'. Nice. Normally a 'doesn't do it for me' will suffice.

Shortenings here include Diggy, Digs, Diggydo, Diggory, MrDigs, Digger...etc etc.

It's a posh name. That's ok. I'm posh. Shoot me if you dare

I hope you can afford to send him to private school because that is not a name that lends itself to your average playground.

I appreciate this thread is old... wondering what name you decided on... I have a three year old called Wilbur and am expecting number 2 in a month and stumbled on your thread as I'm researching the name Digby, which I love!

Digby is great for an airedale!

I like Wilbur, but I don’t think I’d be brave enough to do it. It’s a little mean as pig references are likely to be made. What about?

Walter
Francis (Frank)
Percival
Reginald

Oh FFS ZOMBIE

Dogs name

I know a few Digbys of various ages. It's a bit ridiculous but sort of works. If you love it, go for it. I definitely prefer it to Wilbur.

@belsnwhistles I can't believe you found & commented on this thread! I too am considering Digby for DS2 and read this thread the other day. My DS1 is a Ralph, which was literally the only name we could come up with, so when we found out baby 2 was another boy we were seriously worried about finding a name. Digby is the only one so far that we both seem to like but I'm worried it's a bit too unusual. Do you have any more on a shortlist you can share? I have 3.5 months to decide at least! Oh, and I think Wilbur is a great name

I really love it. It was on my list for dd2 if she were a boy. Sadly I forgot about it for dc3 who was a boy. He'd REALLY suit Digby actually.

Christ, 8 years old!

Digby is awful (and autocorrects to Rugby).

Wilbur is fine, but the pig associations let it down. I think it’ll be alright among the many Wilfreds nowadays though; it’ll mute the pig slightly.

I like Digby. I prefer Rigby though.

Digby the dog in my mind. Awful for a child having to grow up with that. Wilbur is slightly better but a pig springs to mind there. At least he could be Will or Bill though. I think you are right. Its your hormones!!!

The last few posters need to read the comments properly as recent poster who resurrected this thread was not asking for opinions on Wilbur - she already has a DS named this so your comments are rather rude.

And saying it's a pig - that's ONE book/film that was popular about 25 years ago! I was wondering how much longer it'd take someone to say Digby is the big dog. That's like all I got when mentioning Ralph on here ref the bloody Judy Bloom penis book. I'm a few years too young for that so had never heard of it and have never had any comments about it in real life, same as the giant dog film. @belsnwhistles I'd be really interested to know if you go for it as it's firmly on my yet-to-become-a-list!

Thanks @ThePug I will keep you posted! Funnily enough, we named our son Wilbur as I read Charlottes Web to my then 6 year old daughter while pregnant and we all fell in love with the empathetic and delightful Wilbur the pig and consequently the name.