Given name
Signe
“a victorious man”
Signe is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “a victorious man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
How it developed
In Swedish usage, Signe developed from Signý.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1884. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Signe through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,003
- 0 boys · 3,003 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 67 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,789 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −22%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,789 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 21.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1915. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,626 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.
Signe’s family of names
In Norwegian usage, Signe has a diminutive in SIGGA. In Swedish usage, Signe developed from the Old Norse form Signý. In Danish usage, Signe has a related form in Sine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Signe has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Signe comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 8
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 Signe
- Signe Toly AndersonAmerican singer (1941–2016)
- Signe KiviEstonian politician and textile artist (born 1957)
- Signe BruunDanish footballerborn 1998
- Signe HassoSwedish actress (1915–2002)
- Signe HornborgFinnish architect (1862-1916)
- Signe BergmanSwedish suffragist, editor (1869-1960)
- Signe Hebbesinger (1837-1925)
- Signe GaupsetNorwegian association football playerborn 2005
- Zinken HoppNorwegian writer (1905-1987)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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