Sigrid

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 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◐

Sigrid is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name44K records spelled Sigrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Netherlands, Australia, United Kingdom

  Also written Sígrid

• Spanish given name38K records spelled Sigrid9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Brazil, Spain, Chile

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Sígrid, Sĭgrĭd, Şigrid

• a separate given name2.2K records spelled Sigrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

  Also written Sígrid

• Vietnamese given name409 records spelled Sigrid2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Vietnam, Belgium, Netherlands

  Also written Sigird

• Croatian given name291 records spelled Sigrid8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, United States, Canada, Bulgaria

  Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Serbian

  Also written Сигрид

49 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●

Sigrid 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, weibl. Vom. nordischer Herkunft (altnord, sigr »Sieg« + fiid r »schön«).

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In English, legendary Scandinavian hero

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In English, Sigurd [Sigurd]

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

• In French, Forme dérivée de Sigrade; origine germanique, « victoire du chevalier ».

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

• In French, Scandinave, sig « victoire » + fríðr « belle, 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) — 139 years between 1886–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Sigrid the Haughtyb. 968SEViking Queen
• Princess Sigrid of Swedenb. 1566SESwedish princess (1566-1633)
• Sigrid Undsetb. 1882NONorwegian writer (1882–1949)
• Sigrid Hjerténb. 1885SESwedish modernist painter (1885-1948)
• Sigrid Nunezb. 1951USAmerican writer (1951-)
• Sigrid Thorntonb. 1959AUAustralian actress
• Sigrid Kaagb. 1961NLDutch diplomat and politician
• Sigrid Alegríab. 1974CLChilean television actress
• Li Anderssonb. 1987FInot in their usual nameFinnish politician
• Sigridb. 1996NONorwegian singer

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 · 704 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Sigrid?

We estimate roughly 35 thousand people bear Sigrid (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Sigrid have the most bearers?

Sigrid is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled sigrid.

Where is Sigrid most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Sigrid is densest in Sweden — about 1 in 626 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Sigrid compared with other names?

In Germany, Sigrid is the 262nd most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Sigrid a male or female name?

Sigrid is a female 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 Sigrid mean?

Recorded meaning: From an Old Norse female personal name derived from sigr ‘victory’ + fridr ‘fair’, ‘beautiful’.