Type Word & Element
Meaning & History
Germanic word meaning "victory" [1].
Related Items
Other Languages & Culturessige(Anglo-Saxon) sigi(Frankish) sigis(Gothic) sigu(Old High German) sigr(Old Norse) sigi(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsSigeberht, Sigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Zikmund(Czech) Sigurd(Danish) Sjoerd, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward, Sigmund(English) Ségolène(French) Siet, Sikke, Sjoerd(Frisian) Siegbert, Siegfried, Siegmund, Sigmund, Siegward, Sigismund(German) Sigibert, Sigifrid, Sigilina, Sigimund, Sigismund, Sigiward, Siward(Germanic) Siegfried(Germanic Mythology) Zsigmond(Hungarian) Sigmundur, Sigurður(Icelandic) Sigfrido, Sigismondo(Italian) Sievert(Low German) Sigmund, Sigmundr, Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigmund, Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiberhtaz, Sigifriþuz, Sigimundaz, Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigfrøðr, Sigmundr, Sigurðr(Old Norse) Zygfryd, Zygmunt(Polish) Žigmund(Slovak) Segismundo, Sigfrido(Spanish) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sigfrid, Sivert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsSeward, Sowards(English) Siebert(German) Sigurdsson, Sigurðsson(Icelandic) Ó Suaird, Seward, Sowards(Irish) Sigurdsson(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 430.
