Dibden

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Dibdin

Etymology

From Old English dēop (“deep”) + dene (“valley”).

Proper noun

Dibden (countable and uncountable, plural Dibdens)

1. A small village in Hythe and Dibden parish, New Forest district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU409079).
2. A habitational surname from Old English.

Derived terms

• Dibden Purlieu

Statistics

• According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Dibden is the 12983^rd 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.