from Middle English digge ‘duck’, probably
applied as a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept, caught,
or sold ducks or as a nickname for someone thought to resemble a duck
in some way.
patronymic from Digg, a voiced variant of the
personal name Dick.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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