Siegmund
Siegmund is a male first name and family name.
Origin and meaning of the name
The name Siegmund has its origins in Old High German : "sigu" (victory) and "munt" ("umbrella, protection, violence, protection of minors"). In the Middle Ages , the subsidiary form Sigismund was particularly common, until Siegmund became increasingly popular in the 19th century with the enthusiasm for the medieval German heroic legend . Sigmundt , Siegemund and other forms also exist as a family name .
variants
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German :
- Segimund ( Segimundus lat.Tacitus )
- Sigismund
- Sigmund
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french :
- Sigismond
- Faroese / Icelandic :
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Italian :
- Gismondo
- Sigismondo
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Lithuanian :
- Žygimantas
- polish :
- Hungarian :
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slovenian :
- Žiga
- Czech :
name day
Opera character
In Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre , Siegmund is Sieglinde's twin brother and Siegfried's father.
Well-known namesake
First name
- Siegmund, Siegfried's father in the Nibelungenlied
- Sigismund (Burgundy) † May 1, 523/24
- Sigimund († early 7th century), Bishop of Mainz
- Sigimund von Halberstadt († 923 or 924), Bishop of Halberstadt from 894 until his death
- Siegmund (Brandenburg-Kulmbach) Margrave (1486–1495)
- Siegmund (Bavaria) , Duke (1463–1467)
- Siegmund (Austria-Tyrol) (1427–1496), Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol and Upper Austria
- Siegmund von Bibra (1750–1803), German educator and lexicographer
- Sigmund Jähn (1937–2019), first German in space
- Sigmund von Riezler (1843–1927), German historian
family name
- Adolf Siegmund (1831–1916), German-Bohemian architect
- Alexander Siegmund (* 1968), German geographer and university professor
- Birgit Siegmund (* 1950), Hamburg politician (SPD), member of the Hamburg Parliament
- Britta Siegmund (* 1971), German doctor and university professor
- Eva Siegmund (* 1983), German author of children's books
- Fabienne Siegmund (* 1980), German editor and writer of fantasy novels
- Frank Siegmund (* 1956), German prehistorian
- Franz Florian Siegmund (1785–1853), Bohemian-Austrian entrepreneur and cloth manufacturer
- Friedrich Siegmund-Schultze (1885–1969), German theologian and social ethicist
- Georg Siegmund (1903–1989), German theologian and philosopher
- Gerald Siegmund (* 1963), German theater scholar
- Gerd Siegmund (* 1973), German ski jumper
- Gerhard Siegmund-Schultze (1931–2019), German lawyer
- Günter Siegmund (* 1936), German boxer
- Günther Siegmund (1927–1981), Low German writer and actor
- Harry Siegmund (1910–2009), German-Baltic administrative lawyer, SS officer and ministerial official
- Heinrich Siegmund (1867–1937), German doctor, state consistorial advisor and publicist in Transylvania
- Helena Siegmund-Schultze (* 1997), German actress
- Herbert Siegmund (1892–1954), German pathologist
- Ingeborg Finke-Siegmund (1919–2012), German pianist and piano teacher
- Johann Gottfried Siegmund (1792–1865), Berlin entrepreneur
- Judith Siegmund (* 1965), German philosopher and artist
- Reinhard Siegmund-Schultze (* 1953), German mathematician
- Thomas Siegmund (* 1964), German soccer player
- Ulrich Siegmund (* 1990), German politician
- Walther Siegmund-Schultze (1916–1993), German musicologist and university professor
- Wilhelm Siegmund (1792–1868) , Bohemian-Austrian entrepreneur
- Wilhelm Siegmund (1821–1897) , Bohemian-Austrian entrepreneur, politician and botanist
- Wolfgang Maria Siegmund (* 1956), Austrian writer
Others
- Siegmund-Schultze
- Siegmund Peak , mountain in Viktorialand, Antarctica