Sigrid
Gender | Female |
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Origin | |
Language(s) | Old Norse |
Meaning | "Victory" |
Region of origin | Scandinavia |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Siri |
Variant form(s) | Siiri |
Short form(s) | Sig |
Nickname(s) | Sigga |
Pet form(s) | Sigi |
Related names | Zigrīda |
Sigrid /ˈsiːɡrɪd/ is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse Sigríðr, composed of the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful".[1] Sigrid =respectively). Common short forms include Siri, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An Estonian and Finnish variant is Siiri. The Latvian version of the name is Zigrīda.
Sigríðr
People[]
- Sigrid (singer), a Norwegian singer
- Princess Sigrid of Sweden, a Swedish princess
- Sigrid Alegría, a Chilean actress
- Sigrid Agren, a French fashion model
- Sigrid Banér, a Swedish letter writer
- Sigrid Björkegren (1845 – 1936), a Swedish entrepreneur
- Sigrid Brahe, a Swedish countess
- Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, a German chemist
- Sigrid Elmblad (1860 – 1926), a Swedish journalist and poet
- Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér), a Swedish noble
- Sigrid Fick, a Swedish tennis player
- Sigrid af Forselles (1860—1935), a Finnish sculptor
- Sigrid Fry-Revere, an American bioethicist
- Sigrid Gurie, an American actress
- Sigrid the Haughty, a Swedish, possibly Slavic, queen of Sweden, Denmark, and England
- Sigrid Hjertén, a Swedish painter
- Sigrid Holmquist, a Swedish actress
- Sigrid Holmwood, a British artist
- Sigrid Hunke, a German author
- Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch diplomat and politician
- Sigrid Kirchmann, an Austrian high jumper
- Sigrid Kruse (1867–1950), a Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist
- Sigrid Lidströmer, a Swedish novelist
- Sigrid Nunez, an American novelist
- Sigrid Sepp, an Estonian swimmer
- Sigrid Schultz, an American war correspondent
- Sigrid Sparre, a Swedish lady-in-waiting
- Sigrid Sture, a Swedish governor
- Sigrid Thornton, an Australian actress
- Sigrid Undset, a Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner
- Sigrid Valdis, an American actress
- Sigrid Wille, a German skier
- Sigrid Wolf, an Austrian skier
See also[]
- 1493 Sigrid, an asteroid
- Sigríður
- Siri (software)
References[]
- ^ Svenska namn - Allt för föräldrar(in Swedish)
External links[]
- "All for Parents: Sigrid" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2008-07-20. Retrieved 2008-02-11.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
- "Sigrid", BehindTheName.com.
Categories:
- Given names
- Scandinavian feminine given names
- Swedish feminine given names
- German feminine given names
- Old Norse personal names