Newdigate Family History
Newdigate Name Meaning
from Newdigate (Surrey) which is recorded as Niudegate and Neudegate in about 1167 and Niwudegate in 124 The place name appears to derive from Old English nīge a secondary form of nīwe ‘new’ + wudu ‘wood’ + geat ‘gate opening’.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016