Given name & surname · also Scandinavian
Sigourney
“a woman who conquers”·“a daring queen”·“one who conquers”
Sigourney is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a woman who conquers”, “a daring queen”, “one who conquers”, and “a daring king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a woman who conquers”, “a daring queen”, “one who conquers”, and “a daring king”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Scandinavian and French naming traditions.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sigourney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 397
- 0 boys · 397 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 43 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,931 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +100%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,931 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 43 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 397 as a first name in 2020; 232 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sigourney’s family of names
Sigourney has a related form in Sigoumee. Sigourney has a related form in Sigournea. Sigourney has a related form in Sigournee.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 15
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Sigourney
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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