Given name & surname
Stig
“wanderer”·“a voyager; one who is swift”
Stig is a variant of Stian. Interpretations include “wanderer” (Old Norse) and “a voyager; one who is swift”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Old NorseStígr
Meaning & origin
What it means
Stig is a variant of Stian. Interpretations include “wanderer” (Old Norse) and “a voyager; one who is swift”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Old Norse.
How it developed
Stig is a short form of Stigandr. In Danish usage, Stig developed from Stígr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stig through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 22
- 22 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 6 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 264 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.
Stig’s family of names
Stig is a short form of Stigandr. In Danish usage, Stig developed from the Old Norse form Stígr. Stig has a related form in Stian.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
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 Stig
- Stig DagermanSwedish writer (1923–1954)
- Stig Inge BjørnebyeNorwegian association football player and managerborn 1969
- Stig RästaEstonian singer and songwriter (born 1980)
- Stig BlomqvistSwedish rally driver, winner of the 1984 World Rally Championship for Driversborn 1946
- Stig TøftingDanish footballerborn 1969
- Stig AndersonSwedish lyricist, music publisher, composer, music executive, manager for ABBA, teacher (1931-1997)
- Stig-André BergeNorwegian wrestlerborn 1983
- Stig SollanderSwedish alpine skier (1926-2019)
- Stig SundqvistSwedish footballer and manager (1922-2011)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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