Meaning & History
Old Norse word meaning "victory".
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Other Languages & Culturessige(Anglo-Saxon) sigi(Frankish) sigis(Gothic) segiz(Old Germanic) sigu(Old High German) sigi(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsSigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Zikmund(Czech) Signe, Sigrid, Sigurd(Danish) Sjoerd, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward, Sigmund(English) Signe, Sigrid(Estonian) Sigrid(Finnish) Sjoerd(Frisian) Siegfried, Siegmund, Sigmund, Sigrid, Sigrun, Siegward, Sigismund(German) Sigifrid, Sigimund, Sigismund, Sigiward, Siward(Germanic) Siegfried(Germanic Mythology) Zsigmond(Hungarian) Sigmundur, Signý, Sigríður, Sigrún, Sigurður(Icelandic) Sigfrido, Sigismondo(Italian) Signe, Zigrīda(Latvian) Sievert(Low German) Sigmund, Sigmundr, Signý, Sigrún, Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigmund, Signe, Sigrid, Sigrun, Sigurd, Sigfrid, Signy, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigifriþuz, Sigimundaz, Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigfrøðr, Sigmundr, Signý, Sigríðr, Sigrún, Sigsteinn, Sigurðr(Old Norse) Zygfryd, Zygmunt(Polish) Žigmund(Slovak) Segismundo, Sigfrido(Spanish) Signe, Sigrid, Sigurd, Sigvard, Sixten, Sigfrid, Sivert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsSeward, Sowards(English) Sigurdsson, Sigurðsson(Icelandic) Ó Suaird, Seward, Sowards(Irish) Sigurdsson(Swedish)
Sources & References
- Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 430.
