Siegfried (first name)

Siegfried is a male name .

Origin and meaning of the name

Old high German : sigu (victory) and fridu (peace, protection, security).

name day

February 15th

variants

Sigi , Siggi (German), Sigge (Swabian), Siegi (Bavarian)
Sigfried
Sigfrid (Old High German, Scandinavian)
Sigfrido (Italian, Spanish)
Sigfredo (Spanish)
Sigitas (Lithuanian)
Sigurd , Sigurður (Nordic)
Sigfridolinche (old Swiss)
Ziggy (English)

Name bearer

Historic time

Siegfried von Merseburg († July 10, 937), Saxon count, military commander-in-chief of Otto the Great
Siegfried (Saint) († around 1067) (Sigfrid, Sigurd) of Växjö, patron of Sweden
Siegfried (Guînes) (10th century), ancestor of the Guînes family
Siegfried I (Walbeck) († 990) Count of Walbeck and in Möckerngau
Siegfried I (Luxembourg) (919–998), Count of Luxembourg
Siegfried I (Weimar-Orlamünde) (around 1075–1113), Count of Weimar-Orlamünde
Siegfried I (Spanheim) (around 1010-1065), Count of Spanheim, ancestor of the Spanheim family
Siegfried I (Lebenau) († 1132), Count of Lebenau
Siegfried I (Merseburg) (* around 895, † 937), was Count of Merseburg and founder of the Gröningen / Bode monastery
Siegfried I (Vianden) (around 1154–1171), Count of Vianden
Siegfried I of Anhalt († 1184), Bishop of Brandenburg and Archbishop of Bremen
Siegfried I (Cammin) († 1191), Bishop of Cammin
Siegfried I. (Wittgenstein) (from (Battenberg-) Wittgenstein) († after 1283)
Siegfried II. (Lebenau) († around 1163), Count of Lebenau
Siegfried II (Augsburg) was Bishop of Augsburg from 1088 to 1096
Siegfried II. (Merseburg) (* around 940; † after 980) was Count in Hassegau and von Merseburg
Siegfried II von Wolfsölden , bishop of Speyer from 1127 to 1146
Siegfried II of Querfurt († 1310), Bishop of Hildesheim
Siegfried II. (Weimar-Orlamünde) , Count
Siegfried III. (Lebenau) († 1190), Count of Lebenau
Siegfried III. (Weimar-Orlamünde) , Count
Siegfried III. von Boyneburg , Count
Siegfried IV of Boyneburg , Count
Siegfried IV. (Lebenau) († 1210), Count of Lebenau
Siegfried II (Brandenburg) († 1220), Bishop of Brandenburg from 1216 to 1220
Siegfried II. Von Eppstein (around 1165–1230), Archbishop of Mainz, Elector and Arch Chancellor
Siegfried III. von Eppstein (1194–1249), Archbishop of Mainz, Elector and Arch Chancellor
Siegfried (Eppstein) (Siegfried von Eppstein) (around 1256–1332), nobleman of the younger line of the House of Eppstein
Siegfried von Truhendingen († 1150), from 1146 to 1150 Bishop of Würzburg
Siegfried von Gelnhausen († 1321), bishop of Chur from 1298 to 1321
Siegfried von Blomberg († 1374), Archbishop of Riga
Siegfried III. from Venningen
Siegfried von Wied (1145–1162), Count of the County of Wied
Siegfried von Brilon (* before 1334 † after 1353), knight in Brilon
Sigefridus (goldsmith) (or Zigefridus, also called Master Sigefridus), goldsmith at the beginning of the 14th century

First name

Siegfried Heinrich Aronhold (1819–1884), German mathematician
Siegfried Baumegger (* 1972), Austrian chess player and trainer
Siegfried Buback (1920–1977), Attorney General, murdered by the RAF
Siegfried Dessauer (1874–1945), German actor, unit manager, film director and screenwriter
Siegfried Engl (1911–1982), Austrian-American ski racer and ski school director
Siegfried Fischbacher (* 1939), trainer, part of Siegfried and Roy
Siegfried Gottwald (1943–2015), German mathematician, logician and historian of science
Siegfried Gräter (* 1939), German soccer goalkeeper
Siegfried Grosse (1924–2016), German Germanist
Siegfried Großmann (physicist) (* 1930), German physicist
Siegfried Großmann (theologian) (* 1938), German theologian
Siegfried Hausner (1952–1975), member of the RAF
Sigfried Held (* 1942), German soccer player
Siegfried Jacobsohn (1881–1926), German journalist and theater critic
Siegfried Jaeckel (1892–1970), German biologist and dentist
Siegfried Jaschke (* 1939), German politician (CDU)
Siegfried Jerusalem (* 1940), German singer (tenor)
Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966), German journalist, sociologist and film historian
Siegfried Lambor (* 1951), German soccer player
Siegfried Lefanczik (1930–2016), German walker
Siegfried Lenz (1926–2014), German writer
Siegfried Lorenz (politician, 1928) (1928–2014), German business graduate and member of the Bavarian Senate
Siegfried Lorenz (politician, 1930) (* 1930), German politician (SED)
Siegfried Lorenz (singer) (* 1945), German singer (baritone)
Siegfried Lorenz (athlete) (* 1933), German hammer thrower
Siegfried Lorenz (sports scientist) , German sports scientist and university professor
Siegfried Lowitz (1914–1999), German actor
Siegfried Marcus (1831–1898), Austrian technician and inventor
Siegfried Rauch , (1932-2018), German actor
Siegfried Rauhut (* 1938), German enduro athlete
Siegfried-Michael Ressel (1916–1997), German film and theater actor
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), British writer
Siegfried Schauzu (* 1939), German motorcycle racer
Siegfried Schopflocher (1877–1953), German-Canadian Bahai
Siegfried Schulz (major) (1870–1942), German major and free corps leader
Siegfried Schulz (athlete) (1910– ??), German pole vaulter
Siegfried Schulz (Lieutenant General) (1914–1997), German Lieutenant General
Siegfried Schulz (theologian) (1927–2000), German theologian and university professor
Siegfried Unseld (1924–2002), publisher and head of Suhrkamp Verlag
Siegfried Vierzig (* 1923), German Protestant theologian and religious educator
Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), poet-composer, son of Richard Wagner
SO Wagner , actually Siegfried Oswald Wagner (1902–1975), German actor, author, radio play speaker, radio play and theater director
Siegfried Wittenburg (* 1952), German photographer and author

family name

Karl Sigfrid (* 1977), Swedish politician of the conservative Moderata samlingspartiet

Siegfried in art

Siegfried the Dragon Slayer ( Nibelung Legend )
Siegfried, Count Palatine of Mayen ( Genovevasage )
In Richard Wagner's tetralogy The Ring of the Nibelung, Siegfried is the title character of the opera Siegfried and a character in the opera Götterdämmerung .
Siegfried's grave as a cultural-historical discourse: Kaiser Friedrich III. and the barrow near Worms
Siegfried is the prince in the ballet Swan Lake
Siggi Jepsen is the protagonist in Siegfried Lenz's novel Deutschstunde