Dibden
English
Alternative forms
- (surname): Dibdin
Etymology
From Old English dēop (“deep”) + dene (“valley”).
Proper noun
Dibden (countable and uncountable, plural Dibdens)
- A small village in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU409079).
- A habitational surname from Old English.
Derived terms
- Dibden Purlieu
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dibden is the 12983rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 425 individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Dibden”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 455.
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