Siegfried

Siegfried \sieg-fried, si-egfri-ed\ is a boy's name. It consists of 9 letters and 2 syllables.

The baby boy name Siegfried is pronounced in German as ZIYKFRiyT ¹.

¹ Pronunciation for Siegfried: Z as in "zoo (Z.UW)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "race (R.EY.S)" ; T as in "tee (T.IY)"

What is the origin of Siegfried?

Siegfried is of Germanic origin. It is used mainly in English and German. Two-element name derived from sige and fridu with the meanings 'victory' and 'peace, protection, safety' respectively. The name was borne by the legendary dragon-slaying hero Siegfried in the Nibelungenlied, an epic poem in Middle High German; he was known as Sigurd in Norse mythology. It was consequently rather popular in the Middle Ages. It was later revived in the 19th century among other Germanic names, promoted also by the Richard Wagner opera The Ring of the Nibelung (1876), itself based on the medieval legend. Siegfried is a widely used name; it has 47 variant forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. English variant forms of Siegfried consist of Fried name variations, name Friedo meaning, Siegfred definition, Sigfred name popularity, name Sigfreid origin, Sigfrid name variations (also used in Scandinavian), Sigfried name, short names for Sigfrith, Sigfryd pronounciation, Sigga name popularity, short names for Siggie, name Sigifrid origin, Sigifrith meaning and origin, Sigifryd meaning, Sigo meaning and origin, name Sikko meaning, Singefrid definition, what does the name Sygfred mean, Sygfried meaning and origin, baby name Sygfrith, Sygifrith name, Zigfried name, name Zygfrid origin, and Zygfried name. Other English variant forms consist of the shortening short names for Sig, and the diminutives short names for Siggy and Ziggy name variations. Variant forms used in foreign languages consist of the Portuguese Fredo name variations, the German Seifert definition, the German short names for Seifried, the French short names for Siffre, the Italian short names for Siffredo, the German meaning of Sigefrid, the Italian nicknames for Sigefriedo, the Italian and Spanish Sigfrido meaning, the French Sigfroi name, the Spanish Sigifredo name variations, the Portuguese what does the name Siguefredo mean, the Scandinavian Sigvard name popularity, the Scandinavian what does the name Siurt mean, the Hungarian nicknames for Szigfrid, the Hungarian Szygfrid meaning, the Hungarian, Latvian, and Russian Zigfrid name, the Latvian and Russian Zigfrids name variations, the Polish Zygfryd pronounciation, and the Polish Zygi meaning. The diminutive Sigi name popularity (German) is another foreign variant form.

The following famous people share the name Siegfried:

• Magicians Siegfried Fischbacher, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany ; Nordenham, Germany
• Magicians Siegfried and Roy, Rosenheim, Bavaria, Germany ; Nordenham, Germany.

List of baby names that is pronounced like Siegfried:

the Hungarian, Latvian, and Russian Zigfrid name popularity, the name short names for Zygfrid, the Polish short names for Zygfryd, the name meaning of Zigfried, and the name Zygfried meaning of name.

The baby name Siegfried fun facts:

The name Siegfried in reverse order is "Deirfgeis".

The numerological value of the name Siegfried is number 1, which means initiating action, pioneering, leading, independent, attaining, individual.

How popular is Siegfried?

Siegfried is not in the top boy names in USA.