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 [ 2 syll. sieg-fried, si-egfri-ed ] The boy name Siegfried is pronounced SIYGFRIYD KEY. 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 has 21 forms that are used in both English and foreign languages. Sig, Sigfrid (also used in Scandinavian), Sigfried, and Singefrid are English forms of Siegfried. Forms of the name used in foreign languages include the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Fredo, the German Seifert, the German Seifried, the French Siffre, the Italian Sigefriedo, the Italian and Spanish Sigfrido, the French Sigfroi, the Spanish Sigifredo, the Portuguese Siguefredo, the Scandinavian Sigvard, the Scandinavian Siurt, the Hungarian Szigfrid, the Hungarian Zigfrid, the Latvian and Russian Zigfrids, the Polish Zygfryd, and the Polish Zygi. The pet form Sigi (German) is another foreign variant. Siegfried is not popular as a baby boy name. It is not in the top 1000 names. Baby names that sound like Siegfried include the German Seifert, the English and Scandinavian Sigfrid, the Scandinavian Sivert, the Hungarian Szigfrid, the German Seifried, the Italian and Spanish Sigfrido, the English Sigfried, the German Sigisbert, the Italian Sigefriedo, the Spanish Sigifredo, and the Portuguese Siguefredo. Details of famous persons named Siegfried: KEY: Pronunciation for Siegfried: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; F as in "fee (F.IY)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"   |
