Given name
Sigvard
“the victorious protector”·“one who enjoys the peace of victory”
Sigvard is a variant of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.” Sigvard is a variant of Siegfried. One German interpretation is “one who enjoys the peace of victory.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Sigvard is a variant of Sigmund. One German interpretation is “the victorious protector.” Sigvard is a variant of Siegfried. One German interpretation is “one who enjoys the peace of victory.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Sigvard is a variant of Sigmund. An origin associated with Sigmund is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Sigvard through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 5 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 5 in 1917. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sigvard’s family of names
Sigvard has a related form in Siegfried. Sigvard has a related form in Sigmund. In Norwegian usage, Sigvard has a related form in SIVERT.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 Sigvard
- Sigvard BernadotteSwedish designer and illustrator (1907–2002)
- Sigge ParlingSwedish footballer (1930–2016)
- Sigvard EklundSwedish politician (1911-2000)
- Sigvard Sivertsengymnast (1881-1963)
- Daniel BörtzSwedish composerborn 1943
- Sigvard KukkEstonian cyclist (born 1972)
- Sigvard GundersenNorwegian actor (1842–1903)
- Sigvard MarjasinSwedish trade unionist and politician1929–2021
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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