Dabney

French

"from Aubigny"

Dabney Origin and Meaning

The name Dabney is a boy's name of French origin meaning "from Aubigny".

Dapper-sounding choice with old American roots (Dabney Cosby was a 19th century Virginian architect who worked with Thomas Jefferson on some of that state's most iconic buildings). Dabney Montgomery was Martin Luther King Jr's bodyguard, giving this name yet more American history depth. Dab is a sweet nickname option for this name.

Dabney Rank in US Top 1000

# 968 in the US

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Famous People Named Dabney

• Dabney Wharton Coleman American actor
• Dabney Carr best friend and brother,in,law of US Founding Father Thomas Jefferson
• Dabney Carr American jurist; son of the above
• Dabney Herndon Maury US Confederate Civil War general
• Dabney dos Santos Dutch footballer
• (Patricia) Dabney Langhorne Friedrich female US federal judge

The name Dabney in Pop Culture

• Dabney Donovan villain in DC Comics
• Dabney Birdsong character in "The Romantic Comedians" (1926) by Ellen Glasgow
• Humperdink Dabney "Grandpa" Duck character in Disney's Donald Duck comics
• Dabney Fairchild a fresh and beautiful 17,year,old girl in Eudora Welty's "Delta Wedding" (1946)
• Mrs. Dabney character on TV's "Good Luck Charlie"