Given name & surname
Sif
“bride, wife”
Sif is a variant of Siv. One interpretation is “bride, wife.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sif is a variant of Siv. One interpretation is “bride, wife.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Sif is a variant of Siv. The history of Siv gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Siv is associated with the wife of Thor.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Sif through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 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 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sif
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Sif, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Idunn
“wave”
>99% girls
Signy
“a newly victorious woman”
>99% girls
Hestia
>99% girls
Ixchell
>99% girls
Atla
“fierce”
>99% girls
Katla
“kettle; helmet”
>99% girls
Nor
“light”
>99% girls
Revna
“raven”
>99% girls