Given name · also Old Norse
Sigurður
Sigurður is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Icelandic.
Original Old NorseSigurðr
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Sigurður comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Sigurðr, from Proto-Germanic *Sigiwarduz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Sigurður’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Sigurður has an affectionate form in SIGGI. Sigurður has a surname derivative in Sigurðsson. In Icelandic usage, Sigurður continues an earlier form in Sigurðr.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Sigurður
- Sigurður Ingi JóhannssonPrime Minister of Iceland from 2016 to 2017born 1962
- Sigurður EggerzIcelandic politician (1875-1945)
- Sigurður NordalIcelandic writer and diplomat (1886-1974)
- Sigurður JónssonIcelandic footballerborn 1966
- Sigurður BreiðfjörðIcelandic poet (1798–1846)
- Sigurður SigurjónssonBritish-born Icelandic actor and comedianborn 1955
- Sigurður GuðmundssonIcelandic artist (born 1942)
- Sigurður HelgasonIcelandic mathematician (1927–2023)
- Sigurður málaripainter (1833-1874)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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Sigmar
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>99% boys
Sigimund
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Sigihart
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Sigiwalh
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>99% boys