Given name & surname · also Germanic
Sieglinde
“winning a gentle victory”
Sieglinde is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “winning a gentle victory.”
Original GermanLinda
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “winning a gentle victory.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Its Germanic formation brings together sige (“victory”) and lind (“weak, tender, soft”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sieglinde through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 0 boys · 16 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 732 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sieglinde’s family of names
In German usage, Sieglinde has a short form in Linda. In German usage, Sieglinde has a related form in SIGLINDE. In German usage, Sieglinde has a related form in SIEGLIND.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sieglinde
- Sieglinde WinklerAustrian alpine skierborn 1966
- Sieglinde HofmannGerman militant and member of the Socialist Patients' Collective and the Red Army Factionborn 1945
- Sieglinde Gstöhlwriterborn 1964
- Sieglinde WagnerAustrian opera singer (1921–2003)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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