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Sigmund
Say it: ZEEG-moont
Meaning
From Germanic sige 'victory' and mund 'protection'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Borne by emperors and Polish kings as Sigismund and by Siegfried's father in legend.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1910s
In the United States
- 2,805 babies given this name since 1886
- At its height in 1912, about 1 in 5,200 boys
- 6 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Early Middle Ages400 to 800
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Renaissance1400 to 1600
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sigismund, Siegmund
| Old Norse | Sigmundr |
|---|---|
| Polish | Zygmunt |
| Hungarian | Zsigmond |
| Italian | Sigismondo |
Famous bearers
- Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor
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Where this comes from
- Royal and noble genealogies
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.