Sebald

Sebald is originally a German given name .

Origin and meaning

Sebald is a variant of the name Siegbald . This is a two-part Germanic name and is composed of the two components of Old High German sigu "Sieg" and soon "kühn".

distribution

The first known name bearer was the hermit Sebald in the 8th century. This became the city patron of Nuremberg . In the High Middle Ages, the name was mainly used in Franconia . In 1575 Johann Fischart was able to exaggerate the fact that the people of Nuremberg were all called Sebald. The name was also used in the Netherlands .

After the 18th century, the given name largely died out.

In the late Middle Ages was Sebald as a patronymic and the family name .

First name

• Sebaldus von Nürnberg (possibly 8th century), hermit, saint and city patron of Nuremberg
• Sebald Veyl (around 1479–1525), German printer in Cracow
• Sebald Heyden (1499–1561) cantor, headmaster and spiritual poet
• Sebald Beham (1500–1550), painter, engraver and draftsman in Albrecht Dürer's workshop
• Sebald de Weert (1567–1603), Dutch navigator
• Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763-1819), Dutch botanist and physician
• Sebald Rau (1724-1818), German orientalist and theologian
• Sebald Rudolf Steinmetz (1862–1940), Dutch ethnologist and sociologist
• Sebald Schwarz (1866–1934), German theologian

Second first name

• Johann Sebald Neusönner (around 1650–1708), electoral secret secretary at the time of the Bavarian popular uprising
• Johann Sebald Baumeister (1775–1829), miniature painter and draftsman

family name

• Alexander Sebald (* 1996), German soccer player
• Amalie Sebald (1787–1846), German singer and singing teacher
• Hans Sebald (1929–2002), German-American sociologist
• Josef Sebald (1905–1960), German politician (SPD)
• Maria Sebald (* 1977), German ice hockey player, see Maria Smida
• Ole Kristian Sebald (* 1994), German basketball player
• Oskar Sebald (1929–2017), German botanist
• Peter Sebald (1934–2018), German modern historian
• Rosmarie Waldrop (* 1935), German-American essayist, poet and publisher, see Rosmarie Waldrop
• WG Sebald ( Winfried Georg Maximilian Sebald ; 1944-2001), German writer
• William J. Sebald (1901–1980), American naval officer and diplomat

See also

• Sebaldt
• Sebald (Nuremberg) , St. Sebald, northern part of the old town of Nuremberg and name of the district 3450.

References

1. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke : Historical German name, volume 4: Sc-Z . De Gruyter, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-11-017540-1 , p. 10.