Siegfried is a
German-language male given name, composed from the
Germanic elements sig "victory" and frithu "protection, peace".
The German name has the
Old Norse cognate Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.[1]
The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as
Sigurd. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to
Wagner's
Siegfried.
^nordicnames.de; official statistics at Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway,
http://www.ssb.no; Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden,
http://www.scb.se/
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Siegfried is a
German-language male given name, composed from the
Germanic elements sig "victory" and frithu "protection, peace".
The German name has the
Old Norse cognate Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.[1]
The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as
Sigurd. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to
Wagner's
Siegfried.
^nordicnames.de; official statistics at Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway,
http://www.ssb.no; Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden,
http://www.scb.se/
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.