Sigrid - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 2 syll. si-grid, sig-r-id ] The girl name Sigrid is pronounced as SIHGRahD ^KEY. Sigrid is used predominantly in German and Scandinavian, and its origin is Old Norse. Two-element name derived from the elements 'sigr' victory ; 'fridr' peace, beautiful, fair. The name was introduced into England in the medieval period but it later declined in use. It was recently introduced again to English speakers from Scandinavia in the late 19th century.

The name Siegrid (German) and the name Siiri (Finnish) are variants of Sigrid. Siri (Scandinavian short form) is another variant of the name.

Sigrid is uncommon as a baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1906, 0.007% of baby girls were named Sigrid. Its ranking then was #792. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity, and is currently of very light use. Within all girl names in its group, Sigrid was nevertheless the most popular in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Sigrid include the name Siegrid (German) and the name Sarita (Spanish).

^KEY: English pronunciation for Sigrid: S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; G as in "green (G.R.IY.N)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"

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for Sigrid
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for Sigrid
in 2007