Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse sigr (victory) and nýr (new), which may refer to:

• Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess
• Signy, two heroines in Norse mythology and two lesser-known characters in Norse sagas
• Signy Aarna (born 1990), Estonian footballer
• Signe Amundsen (1899–1987), Norwegian operatic soprano
• Signy Arctander (1895–1971), Norwegian statistician and economist
• Signe Asmussen (born 1970), Danish singer
• Signe Baumane (born 1964), Latvian animator, artist, illustrator and writer
• Signe Bergman (1869–1960), Swedish suffragette
• Signe Brander (1869–1942), Finnish photographer
• Signe Bro (born 1999), Danish swimmer
• Signe Brunnström (1898–1988), Swedish-American physiotherapist, scientist and educator
• Signe Bruun (born 1998), Danish footballer
• Signy Coleman (born 1960), American actress
• Signy Stefansson Eaton (1913–1992), Canadian socialite, art collector and philanthropist
• Signy Fardal (born 1961), Norwegian editor-in-chief of Elle magazine
• Signe Gaupset (born 2005), Norwegian footballer
• Signe Giebelhausen (1811–1879), Danish-Norwegian actress
• Signe Häggman (1863–1911), Finnish pioneer of physical education of the disabled
• Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882–1970), Swedish-Finnish graphic artist
• Signe Hasso (1915–2002), Swedish actress
• Signe Hebbe (1837–1925), Swedish singer and actress
• Signý Hermannsdóttir (born 1979), Icelandic basketball player
• Signe Hofgaard (1901–1998), Norwegian dancer, choreographer and organizational leader
• Signe Horn Fuglesang (born 1938), Norwegian art historian and professor
• Signe Hornborg (1862–1916), Finnish architect (possibly the first qualified female architect)
• Signe Howell (born 1942), Norwegian social anthropologist
• Signe Iversen (born 1956), Norwegian Sami language consultant and children's author
• Signe Johansson-Engdahl (1905–2010), Swedish diver
• Signe Kivi (born 1957), Estonian textile artist and politician
• Signe Klinting (born 1990), Danish orienteer
• Signe Kongebro (born 1972), Danish architect and educator
• Signe Livbjerg (February 1980), Danish sport sailor
• Signe Lund (1868–1950), Norwegian composer
• Signe Nielsen, American landscape architect
• Signe Øye (born 1945), Norwegian politician
• Signe Paisjärv (1940–2016), Estonian table tennis player
• Signe Pierce (born 1989), American multimedia artist-performer
• Signe Relander (1886—1962), First Lady of Finland (1925—1931)
• Signe Rink (1836–1909), Danish writer and ethnologist
• Signe Ronka (born 1988), Latvian-Canadian figure skater
• Signe Scheel (1860–1942), Norwegian painter
• Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (1924–2019), Norwegian lawyer and politician
• Signe Søes (born 1983), Danish orienteer
• Signe Marie Store (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle wrestler
• Signe Svendsen (born 1974), Danish singer
• Signe Swensson (1888–1974), Norwegian physician and politician
• Signe Toksvig (1891–1983), Danish writer
• Signe Tollefsen (born 1981), American-Dutch singer-songwriter
• Signe Toly Anderson (1941–2016), American singer of Jefferson Airplane
• Signe Trosten (born 1970), Norwegian biathlete
• Signe Veiteberg, Norwegian fashion model
• Signe Weisert (1923–2000), Norwegian politician
• Signe Wilkinson (born 1950), American editorial cartoonist
• Signe Wirff (1887–1956), Swedish actress

References

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