Name Element SIGU

Type Word & Element

Meaning & History

Old High German word meaning "victory".

Related Items

Other Languages & Culturessige(Anglo-Saxon) sigi(Frankish) sigis(Gothic) segiz(Old Germanic) sigr(Old Norse) sigi(Old Saxon)
Given Name DescendantsSigeberht, Sigeweard(Anglo-Saxon) Zikmund(Czech) Sigurd(Danish) Sjoerd, Sieger, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Seward, Sigmund(English) Ségolène(French) Siet, Sikke, Sjoerd(Frisian) Siegbert, Siegfried, Sieghard, Sieglinde, Siegmar, Siegmund, Sigmund, Sieghild, Siegward, Sigismund(German) Sigdag, Sigibert, Sigifrid, Sigihard, Sigiheri, Sigihild, Sigilina, Sigilind, Sigimar, Sigimund, Sigismund, Sigiwald, Sigiward, Siward(Germanic) Siegfried, Sieglinde(Germanic Mythology) Zsigmond(Hungarian) Sigmundur, Sigurður(Icelandic) Sigfrido, Sigismondo(Italian) Zigmārs(Latvian) Sievert(Low German) Sigmund, Sigmundr, Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigmund, Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiberhtaz, Sigifriþuz, Sigimundaz, Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigfrøðr, Sigmundr, Sigurðr(Old Norse) Zygfryd, Zygmunt(Polish) Žigmund(Slovak) Segismundo, Sigfrido(Spanish) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sigfrid, Sivert(Swedish)
Surname DescendantsSeegers, Segers, Seghers, Zeegers, Zegers(Dutch) Seward, Sowards(English) Seeger, Siebert, Sieger, Siegert, Siekert(German) Sigurdsson, Sigurðsson(Icelandic) Ó Suaird, Seward, Sowards(Irish) Sigurdsson(Swedish)

Sources & References

  1. Kroonen, Guus. Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic. Brill, 2013, page 430.
Entry updated December 7, 2022