Sigmund (given name) explained
Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic
and
, giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".
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People with this name
- Sigmund Ahnfelt, Swedish major general
- Sigmund Borgundvåg, Norwegian naval architect
- Sigmund Brouwer, Canadian author
- Sigmund Fraenkel, Polish-Austrian chemist
- Sigmund Freud, Austrian-Jewish psychologist
- Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss painter
- Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925), Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi
- Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson, African-American singer in the Jackson 5
- Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut
- Siegmund Klein (1902–1987), American bodybuilder
- Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, Norwegian philosopher and activist
- Sigmund Mifsud, Maltese musician
- Sigmund Moren, Norwegian philologist
- Sigmund Mowinckel, Norwegian professor and theologian
- Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor
- Sigmund Romberg, a Hungarian composer
- Sigmund Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper
- Sigmund Skard, Norwegian poet
- Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-British businessman and philanthropist
- Sigmund Sommer, American builder
- Sigmund von Erlach, Swiss military commander
- Sigmund von Haimhausen, Bavarian aristocrat
- Sigmund Widmer (1919-2003), Swiss politician
- Sigmund Zois, Carniolan nobleman
Mythological and fictional characters
- Sigmund (also Siegmund), a hero in Norse mythology
- Siegmund, a focal character in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre
- Sigmund (comics), Doctor Sigmund, a Dutch comics character
- Siegmund, a fictional lance wielded by Ephraim in video game
- Sigmund the Sorcerer, a fictional character from the kids' TV show Fanboy & Chum Chum
- Sigmund, the titular sea monster of the kids' TV show from the 1970s, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters
See also
Notes and References
- Book: Gauché, Isebell . The A to Z of Names (Revised and Expanded Edition) : Discover the promise your name holds . Struik Christian Media . Cape Town . 2012 . 978-1415316269 . lemma: Siegmund .
