Siegfried

ZEEK-freet (German); SIG-freed or SEEG-freed (Eng)
German
"victorious peace"

Siegfried Origin and Meaning

The name Siegfried is a boy's name of German origin meaning "victorious peace".

Also spelled Sigfrid, this hefty German name has an appropriately majestic meaning: "victorious peace". Fittingly, a famous bearer was the English World War I poet and pacifist Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon was named after the hero of a Wagner opera, which in turn was based on a tragic hero from German legend.

Siegfried Popularity

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Famous People Named Siegfried

  • Siegfried Fischbacher
    German,American magician of duo Siegfried & Roy
  • Siegfried Loraine Sassoon
    English poet and soldier
  • Siegfried
    Count of Luxembourg
  • Siegfried Wagner
    German composer, son of composer Richard Wagner
  • Siegfried Kracauer
    German writer and critic
  • Siegfried Lenz
    German novelist
  • Siegfried “Sigi” Stritzl
    Yugoslavian,American footballer

Siegfried in Pop Culture

  • "Siegfried
    " opera by Richard Wagner
  • Siegfried Farnon
    character in James Herriot's "All Creatures" series

International Variations of Siegfried

  • Siguefredo
    Portuguese
  • Sigfrido
    Spanish
  • Siegfried
    German
  • Zygfryd
    Polish
  • Siffre
    French
  • Sigfroi
    French
  • Szigfrid
    Hungarian
  • Sigefriedo
    Italian
  • Zygi
    Polish
  • Sigifredo
    Spanish
  • Seifried
    German
  • Zigfrids
    Latvian
  • Seifert
    German
  • Fredo
    Portuguese
  • Zigfrid
    Hungarian