Given name & surname
Sigismund
“the victorious protector”
Sigismund is a variant of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sigismund is a variant of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
In German use, Sigismund is used as a variant of Sigmund.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sigismund through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 138
- 138 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1920
- 19 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 8 in 1927. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1920.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sigismund’s family of names
In German usage, Sigismund shares a linguistic root with the Lithuanian form Sigismundas. In German usage, Sigismund has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Zygmunt. Sigismund has a related form in Sigmund.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sigismund has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
5 related names in 5 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.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ZygmuntPolish
- Zsigmondequivalent
- Zikmundequivalent
- Žigmundequivalent
- Sigismundoequivalent
- Sigismondoequivalent
- СигизмундRussian
- Sigismundascognate · Lithuanian
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People named Sigismund
- Sigismund III VasaKing of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599 (1566–1632)
- Sigismund II AugustusKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania1520–1572
- Sigismund I the OldKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania1467–1548
- Sigismund of Burgundyking of the Burgundians475–524
- Sigismund Francis, Archduke of AustriaArchduke of Further Ausrtia (1630-1665)
- Sigismund, Duke of BavariaBavarian duke1439–1501
- Sigismund von NeukommAustrian composer and pianist (1778–1858)
- Sigismund RákócziPrince of Transylvania (1544–1608)
- Prince Sigismund of PrussiaGerman military personnel (1896–1978)
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