Sigurd
Sigurd or Sigurður is a male given name .
Origin and Distribution
The name comes from the Scandinavian region and is very common in Norway and Iceland . In Iceland, Sigurður was the second most common name after Jón in 2012 .
meaning
Sigurd or Sigurður is the Nordic form of Siegfried or Siegwart .
The word Siegfried is derived from the Old High German words "sigu" (victory) and "fridu" (pacification). The translation of the name into today's language would therefore be Siegreicher Befrieder .
Sigurd or Sigurður, on the other hand, is derived from the Old Norse words "sigu" (victory) and "urðr" (fate). The translation of the name into today's language would therefore be Fateful Winner .
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Gothic :
- 5th century Sisifrid [siži-] (Prokop)
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German :
- 7th century Sigifridus
- 7th - 11th centuries: Sigefrit, Sigefridus
- 8th - 12th century Sigafrid (us) ( Adam of Bremen )
- around 1200 Sîvrit ( Nibelungenlied )
- 13th century: Syfrit, Syfridus
- fnhd .: Seyfrid
- modern: Siegfried or Siegurd
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Anglo-Saxon :
- 7th century Sigfridus ( Beda Venerabilis )
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Short forms :
- Sigi
- Siggi
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female minor forms :
- Sigurda
- Sigvarda
Name days
- February 15th
- In Sweden and Finland is the 10. January of the name day for Sigurd , see Siegfried (Holy) .
Name bearer
Form Sigurd
- Sigurd I (1090–1130), Sigurd Jorsalfar (Sigurd the Crusader), King of Norway
- Sigurd II (1133–1155), Sigurd munn, King of Norway
- Sigurd Dæhli (* 1953), Norwegian orienteer and ski orienteer
- Sigurd Falk (1921–2016), German civil engineer and university professor
- Sigurd Fitzek (* 1928), German actor
- Sigurd Hoel (1890–1960), Norwegian writer
- Sigurd Hofmann (* 1944), German physicist
- Sigurd Pettersen (* 1980), Norwegian ski jumper
- Sigurd Savonius (1884–1931), Finnish architect and inventor
- Sigurd Nymoen Søberg (* 1994), Norwegian ski jumper
- Sigurd Solid (* 19 **), Norwegian ski jumper
- Sigurd Tesche (1940–2020), German documentary filmmaker
Form Sigurður
- Sigurður Bjarnason (* 1970), Icelandic handball player and coach
- Sigurður Breiðfjörð (1798–1846), Icelandic poet
- Sigurður Eggerz (1875–1945), Icelandic Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
- Sigurður Eyjólfsson (* 1973), Icelandic football coach
- Sigurður Helgason (* 1927), Icelandic mathematician
- Sigurður Hlöðvisson (≈960-1014), Jarl on the Orkney Islands
- Sigurður Kári Kristjánsson (* 1973), Icelandic politician
- Sigurður Valur Sveinsson (* 1959), Icelandic handball player