Sigrid
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Sigrid (English pronunciation: /ˈsiːɡrɪd/) is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse Sigríðr, meaning "victory" " wisdom " and "beautiful".[1] Nicknames for Sigrid are Siri, Sigga, Sig, Sigi, Siggy, Silggian, Siririgrid, and Sickan. The Latvian version of the name is Zigrīda.
The following people have the given name Sigrid:
- Princess Sigrid of Sweden, a Swedish princess
- Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, a German chemist
- Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér), a Swedish noble
- Sigrid Fick, a Swedish tennis player
- Sigrid Fry-Revere, an American bio-ethicist
- Sigrid Gurie, an American actress
- Sigrid the Haughty, a Slavic queen of Sweden
- Sigrid Hjertén, a Swedish painter
- Sigrid Holmwood, a British artist
- Sigrid Hunke, a German author
- Sigrid Kirchmann, an Austrian high jumper
- Sigrid Maier, an Austrian author of German-Greek grammar books living in Greece
- Sigrid Lidströmer, a Swedish novelist
- Sigrid Nunez, an American novelist
- Sigrid Schultz, an American war correspondent
- Sigrid Sparre, Swedish lady in waiting
- Sigrid Sture, Swedish governor
- Sigrid Thornton, an Australian actress
- Sigrid Undset, a Norwegian novelist
- Sigrid Valdis, an American actress
- Sigrid Wille, a German skier
- Sigrid Wolf, an Austrian skier
- Sigrid Alegría, a Chilean actress.
- Sigrid Odd, A Flopada do Rio.
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- [1] – (Swedish)
- - Behind the Name
