Daubney is a locative surname of English origin, derived from any of the various towns in France named Aubigny. The place name Aubigny comes from a Gallo-Roman personal name, Albinus, itself derived from the Latin Albus, meaning "white, bright." The surname arose after the Norman Conquest when many Norman families brought place names from France to England, often with prepositional particles like "de" (“from”), which were later dropped or altered. The "Dau-" prefix in Daubney represents a contraction of the French "d'Aubigny," meaning "of Aubigny." Alternative spellings include Dabney, reflecting the same origin but with the nasal vowel simplified. These variations emerged independently as the surname was recorded in English parish registers and census documents. Notable Bearers According to Wikipedia, notable individuals with the surname include David Daubney (born 1947), a former Canadian MP and head of the Ottawa Public Library Foundation Board of Directors; John E. Daubney (1919–2003), an Irish Catholic mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota, from 1952 to 1954; and Martin Daubney (born 1970), who served as the longest‐serving editor of Loaded magazine. The surname also appears in a toponym: Hinton Daubney, a small hamlet in Hampshire, England. Meaning: “Of Aubigny,” from the Gallo-Roman personal name Albinus (“white, bright”).Origin: English.Type: Locative surname.Variants and cognates: Dabney, Aubigny.