Given name & surname
Sigfrid
“one who enjoys the peace of victory”
Sigfrid is a variant of Siegfried. One German interpretation is “one who enjoys the peace of victory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sigfrid is a variant of Siegfried. One German interpretation is “one who enjoys the peace of victory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sigfrid is a variant of Siegfried. An origin associated with Siegfried is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1919. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sigfrid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 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 boys is 5 in 1919. 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.
Sigfrid’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Sigfrid has a later derivative in Rissa. Sigfrid has a related form in Siegfried. In Swedish usage, Sigfrid has a related form in Sigfred.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sigfrid has relatives in 3 languages.
7 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sigfrid
- Sigfrid Karg-ElertGerman composer (1877–1933)
- Sigfrid of SwedenEnglish bishop and saint995–1045
- Sigfrid LundbergSwedish racing cyclist (1895-1979)
- Sigfrid LindbergSwedish footballer (1897-1977)
- Sigfrid HenriciGerman general (1889–1964)
- Sigfrid Öbergice hockey player (1907–1949)
- Sigfrid SiwertzSwedish writer (1882–1970)
- Sigfrid Vilhelm ArnellSwedish hepaticologist (1895-1970)
- Rafael KarstenFinnish author (1879-1956)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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