Given name & surname
Siegbert
“victory”·“bright”
Siegbert is a masculine given name from Old High German, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic. It is used in German.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Siegbert is built from elements meaning “victory” and “bright”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together sige (“victory”) and berht (“bright, famous”).
The story
The name’s historical associations include a 7th-century French king, regarded as a saint.
Siegbert’s family of names
In German usage, Siegbert has a related form in Seibert. In German usage, Siegbert has a related form in Siebert. In German usage, Siegbert has a related form in Seibert.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Siegbert
- Siegbert TarraschGerman chess player, chess writer, and chess theoretician (1862–1934)
- Siegbert HornEast German canoe racer1950–2016
- Siegbert DroeseGerman politician (AfD)born 1969
- Siegbert AlberGerman politician (1936–2021)
- Siegbert SchmeisserGerman cyclistborn 1957
- Siegbert HummelGerman Tibetologist (1908–2001)
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