Boy · Old High German
Siegfried
Say it: ZEEG-freet
Meaning
From Germanic sige 'victory' and frid 'peace, protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
The hero's name, popularized again by Wagner's Ring cycle, was common in Germany in the early 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 696 babies given this name since 1912
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 46,800 boys
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sigfrid
| Swedish | Sigfrid |
|---|---|
| Italian | Sigfrido |
Famous bearers
- Siegfried, dragon-slaying hero of the Nibelungenlied
- Siegfried Sassoon, English poet
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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