Girl · Old Norse
Sigrún
Say it: SIG-roon
Meaning
From Old Norse sigr 'victory' and rún 'secret, rune'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A valkyrie name from the Poetic Edda, widely used in modern Iceland.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 11 babies given this name since 1921
- At its height in 1921, about 1 in 246,600 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Sigrun, Siegrun
| Norwegian | Sigrun |
|---|---|
| Old Norse | Sigrún |
| Icelandic | Sigrún |
Famous bearers
- Sigrún, valkyrie beloved of Helgi in the Eddic lays
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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