Given name · also Old Norse
Sigrid
“a victorious advisor”
Sigrid is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “a victorious advisor.”
Original Old NorseSigríðr
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “a victorious advisor.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Its Old Norse formation brings together sigr (“victory”) and fríðr (“fair, beautiful”).
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sigrid through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,110
- 0 boys · 3,110 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 56 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,445 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +63%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,445 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 63.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,344 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.
Sigrid’s family of names
Sigrid has an affectionate form in Siri. In Norwegian usage, Sigrid developed from the Old Norse form Sigríðr. In English usage, Sigrid has a conventional equivalent in SIRE.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Sigrid has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Sigrid comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Sirivariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Siridvariant · Norwegian
- Siggadiminutive · Norwegian
- Siegridvariant · German
- Sigrathevariant
- Sigrathvariant
- Sigrithvariant
- Sigrydevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Sigríðrroot · Old Norse
- SireNorthern Sami
- SiiriFinnish, Estonian
- Sigriequivalent
- Sigidequivalent
- Zigrīdaborrowing · Latvian
- Sigriedequivalent
- SigríðurIcelandic
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People named Sigrid
- Sigrid UndsetNorwegian writer (1882–1949)
- SigridNorwegian singerborn 1996
- Sigrid KaagDutch diplomat and politicianborn 1961
- Sigrid the HaughtyViking Queen968–1014
- Sigrid HjerténSwedish modernist painter (1885-1948)
- Sigrid Wolfalpine skierborn 1964
- Sigrid NunezAmerican writer (1951-)
- Sigrid FickSwedish tennis player (1887-1979)
- Sigrid AgrenMartinique fashion model (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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