Sigrid
Sigrid /ˈsiːɡrɪd/ is a Scandinavian given name for women from Old Norse Sigríðr, meaning "victory", "wisdom", and "beautiful".[1] Sigrid = Sigr + fríðr ("victory" and "beautiful", respectively). Common nicknames include 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 Alegría, a Chilean actress
- Sigrid Agren, a fashion model
- Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, a German chemist
- Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér), a Swedish noble
- Sigrid Fick, a Swedish tennis player
- Sigrid Fry-Revere, an American bioethicist
- Sigrid Gurie, an American actress
- Sigrid the Haughty, a Swedish, possibly Slavic, queen of Sweden, Denmark, and England
- Sigrid Hjertén, a Swedish painter
- Sigrid Holmquist, a Swedish actress
- Sigrid Holmwood, a British artist
- Sigrid Hunke, a German author
- Sigrid Kaag, a Dutch diplomat
- Sigrid Kirchmann, an Austrian high jumper
- 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
See also
References
External links
- Archived 2008-07-20 at the Wayback Machine Template:Sv icon
- "Sigrid", BehindTheName.com.