Sigmund (given name)

Siegmund is a masculine first name and family name.

Origin and Meaning of the Name

The name Siegmund has its origins in the Old German: " Sigu " ( victory ) and " munt " (protection of minors ). In the Middle Ages, especially the Nebenform Sigismund was in use until it has been increasingly popular in the 19th century with the enthusiasm for the medieval German heroic saga Siegmund.

Variants

  • German: Segimund ( Segimundus Latin Tacitus )
  • Sigismund
  • Sigmund
  • Sigismond
  • Gismondo
  • Sigismondo
  • Žygimantas
  • Zygmunt, Zygmund
  • Zsigmond
  • Ziga
  • Zikmund

Name-day

  • May 2 ( Sigismund of Burgundy )

Opera figure

In Richard Wagner's opera Die Walküre Siegmund is the twin brother of Sieglinde and Siegfried's father.

Well-known bearers of the name

First name

  • Siegmund, Siegfried's father in the Nibelungenlied
  • Siegmund ( Brandenburg- Kulmbach ) Markgraf ( 1486-1495 )
  • Siegmund ( Bavaria ), Duke ( 1463-1467 )
  • Siegmund ( Austria - Tyrol ) ( 1427-1496 ), Archduke of Austria and Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria
  • Siegmund von Bibra (1750-1803), German educator and lexicographer
  • Siegmund Riezler (1843-1927), German historian

Family name

  • Alexander Siegmund (* 1968), German geographer and professor
  • Birgit Siegmund (* 1950), Hamburg politician (SPD ), member of the Hamburg Parliament
  • Frank Siegmund (* 1956), German prehistorians
  • Friedrich Siegmund- Schultze (1885-1969), German theologian and social ethicist
  • Gerald Siegmund (* 1963), German theater scholar
  • Gerd Siegmund (* 1973), German ski jumper
  • Günter Siegmund (* 1936), German Boxer
  • Siegmund Günther (1927-1981), Low German writer and actor
  • Harry Siegmund (1910-2009), Baltic German jurist, an SS officer and ministerial officials
  • Heinrich Siegmund (1867-1937), German physician and publicist Landeskonsistorialrat in Transylvania
  • Helena Siegmund- Schultze (* 1997), German actress
  • Herbert Siegmund (1892-1954), German pathologist
  • Johann Gottfried Siegmund (1792-1865), Berlin entrepreneur
  • Reinhard Siegmund- Schultze ( born 1953 ), German historian of mathematics
  • Thomas Siegmund (* 1964), German football player
  • Walther Siegmund- Schultze (1916-1993), German musicologist and university professor
  • Wolfgang Maria Siegmund (* 1956), Austrian writer
  • Male first name
  • Family name
Sigmund (disambiguation) Siegmund, Margrave of Bayreuth Sigmund von Riezler Walther Siegmund-Schultze
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