Siegfried

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Siegfried is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name9.7K records spelled Siegfried4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Sigefroi, Siégfried

• Croatian given name633 records spelled Siegfried14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Bulgaria, United States, Switzerland

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

  Also written Зигфрид, Zigfrid, Sieğfried

64 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Siegfried is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In German, Patronymische Vollform mit Sieg-; 820 Belege. Karte zeigt die i/ie-Opposition in den Vollformen.

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus

• In German, ) Sigfrid: alter deut­ scher männl. Vom. (ahd. sigu »Sieg« + ahd. fridu »Schutz vor Waffengewalt, Friede«). Der

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, dragon-slayer in German

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, mythology; pers. name

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Origine germanique, signifie « victoire » et « paix ».

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 77 years between 1912–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Siegfried of Luxembourgb. 919LUFirst Count of Luxembourg
• Siegfried Wagnerb. 1869DEGerman opera producer and composer, son of Richard Wagner and Cosima Liszt (1869–1930)
• Siegfried Sassoonb. 1886GBEnglish war poet and writer (1886-1967)
• Siegfried Breuerb. 1906ATAustrian actor (1906-1954)
• Siegfried Lowitzb. 1914DEGerman actor (1914-1999)
• Siegfried Bubackb. 1920DEformer Attorney General of Germany (1920-1977)
• Siegfried Palmb. 1927DEGerman cellist (1927–2005)
• Siegfried Rauchb. 1932DEGerman film and television actor (1932-2018)
• Andreas Prinz von Sachsen-Coburg und Gothab. 1943DEnot in their usual namePrince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Siegfried Naglb. 1963ATAustrian politician

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 369 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Siegfried?

We estimate roughly 2.9 thousand people bear Siegfried (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Siegfried have the most bearers?

Siegfried is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled siegfried.

How common is Siegfried compared with other names?

In Germany, Siegfried is the 109th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Siegfried a male or female name?

Siegfried is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Siegfried mean?

Recorded meaning: from Germanic sigu 'victory' + fridu 'peace'