Given name & surname
Zigmund
“victory”·“protection”
Zigmund is used as a given name and a surname.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Zigmund is a romanization of Зигмунд. Зигмунд is built from elements meaning “victory” and “protection”.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zigmund is a romanization of Зигмунд. Зигмунд comes from German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zigmund through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 808
- 808 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1917
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,239 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +45%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,239 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 54 in 1917. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 240 as a first name in 2020; 168 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.
Zigmund’s family of names
In Polish usage, Zigmund has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Зигмунд. In Russian usage, Zigmund is a transliteration of Зигмунд.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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