Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the

Old Norse Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and t ...

cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid'' (hypocorisms ''Sigge, Siffer''), Danish/Norwegian ''Sigfred''. In Norway, ''Sigfrid'' is given as a feminine name.nordicnames.de
official statistics at Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no; Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/ The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as

Sigurd Sigurd ( non, Sigurðr ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. It is possible he was inspired by one or more figures from the Frankish Meroving ...

. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

's ''Siegfried''. Notable people with the name include:

Medieval

* Siegfried, Count of Merseburg (died 937) *

Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck Siegfried I the Elder (Siegfried der Ältere von Walbeck) (died 15 March 990), Count of Walbeck and Möckerngau, son of Lothar II the Old, Count of Walbeck, and Mathilde von Arneburg. Rule He succeeded his father as Count of Walbeck upon his ...

(died 990) * Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (c. 922–998), founder of Luxembourg *

Siegfried I, Count of Stade Siegfried I (b. before 929, d. after 961), Count of Stade, son of Lothar II, Count of Stade, and Swanhild of Saxony, brother of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade. After the death of their father, Lothar, in the Battle of Lenzen, Stade was ruled ...

(before 929–after 961) * Siegfried (bishop of Piacenza) (died 1031) *

Siegfried II, Count of Stade Siegfried II (c. 956 – 1037), Count of Stade, was the youngest son of Henry I the Bald, Count of Stade, and his wife Judith von der Wetterau, granddaughter of Gebhard, Duke of Lorraine. Siegfried married Adela of Rhienfelden, daughter of Gero ...

(c. 956–1037) * Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö *

Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim Siegfried I (c. 1010 – 7 February 1065) is considered the progenitor of the Duchy of Carinthia, Carinthian ducal House of Sponheim (''Spanheimer'') and all of its lateral branches, including the Counts of Laufen, Germany, Lebenau and the Counts ...

(c. 1010–1065) * Siegfried I (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1084) *

Siegfried of Ballenstedt Siegfried I of Ballenstedt ( – 9 March 1113), was the son of Adalbert II of Ballenstedt, and a member of the House of Ascania. He was count palatine of the Rhineland (r.1095/7-1113), and count of Weimar-Orlamünde (r.1112-1113). Life Siegfri ...

(c. 1075–1113) *

Siegfried IV, Count of Northeim-Boyneburg and Homburg Siegfried IV was the last Count of Northeim-Boyneburg and Homburg.Große Baudenkmäler Heft 338 Kloster Amelungsborn, Verlag DONAU Druck 5. Auflage 1998, p. 2 He gave the land at Amelungsborn for the foundation (in the 12th century) of the future Am ...

(fl. 12th century) * Siegfried (archbishop of Bremen) (1132–1184) *

Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (1206) was a member of the House of Ascania and a ruling Count of Weimar-Orlamünde. He was the son of Count Herman I and his wife Irmgard. Herman I was son of Albert the Bear Count of Anhalt, Margrave o ...

(c. 1155 – 1206) *

Siegfried II (archbishop of Mainz) Siegfried II von Eppstein (died 9 September 1230, in Erfurt) was archbishop of Mainz from 1200 to 1230. Siegfried was born the second son Gerhard I of Eppstein and hit an ecclesiastical career. Already in 1189 he was the owner of the parish of S ...

(died 1230) *

Siegfried III (archbishop of Mainz) Siegfried III von Eppstein (died 9 March 1249) was Archbishop of Mainz from 1230 to 1249. He in 1244 granted freedom to the citizens of Mainz, who subsequently could run their affairs more independently though their own council; in law it remained ...

(died 1249) * Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298) * Siegfried II of Westerburg (before 1260–1297) * Siegfried II of Querfurt (died 1310) * Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311), 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights * Sigfrid of Pannonhalma (died 1365), Hungarian abbot

Modern

Siegfried Lipiner Siegfried Salomo Lipiner (24 October 1856 – 30 December 1911) was an Habsburg monarchy, Austrian writer and poet whose works made an impression on Richard Wagner and Friedrich Nietzsche, but who published nothing after 1880 and lived out his ...

(1856–1911), Austrian poet and author * Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, son of Richard Wagner * Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian saber fencer *

Siegfried Translateur __NOTOC__ Salo Siegfried Translateur, or Siegfried "Salo" Translateur, he, זיגפריד "סאלו" טרנסלטור‎ (19 June 1875 – 1 March 1944) was a German Conducting, conductor and composer of waltzes, marches, and other light danc ...

(1875–1944), Austrian composer of dance music *

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both describ ...

(1886–1967), English poet, named Siegfried by his mother because of her love of Wagner's operas *

Siegfried Aram Siegfried Aram (real name Abraham, * May 28, 1891 in Heilbronn; † 1978 in New York) was a German lawyer, cultural politician, art collector and art dealer. Early life Siegfried Aram was a son of the merchant Sigmund Abraham and Thekla, née Gr� ...

(1891–1978), German lawyer and cultural politician *

Siegfried Kasche Siegfried Kasche (18 June 1903 – 7 June 1947) was an ambassador of the German Reich to the Independent State of Croatia and ''Obergruppenführer'' of the ''Sturmabteilung'' (SA), a paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party. Kasche was the proposed ru ...

(1903–1947), German Nazi Storm Trooper officer and ambassador executed for war crimes * Siegfried Fehmer (1911–1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes *

Siegfried Seidl Siegfried Seidl (24 August 1911 – 4 February 1947) was an Austrian career officer and World War II commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp located in the present-day Czech Republic. He also was commandant of the Bergen-Belsen, an ...

(1911–1947), Austrian Nazi commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp executed for war crimes *

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

(1914–1999), German actor * Siegfried Rapp (1915–1982), one-armed German pianist * Siegfried Buback (1920–1977), Attorney General of Germany * Siegfried Böhm (1928–1980), East German politician * Siegfried Ziering (1928–2000), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist * Siegfried Rauch (1932–2018), German actor *

Siegfried Fischbacher Siegfried & Roy were a duo of German-American magicians and entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. It was composed of Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 – January 13, 2021) and Roy Horn (born Uwe L ...

(1939–2021), German-American magician *

Siegfried Jerusalem Siegfried Jerusalem (born 17 April 1940) is a German operatic tenor. Closely identified with the heldentenor roles of Richard Wagner, he has performed Siegfried, Siegmund, Lohengrin, Parsifal, and Tristan to wide acclaim. Since the 1990s, he has ...

(born 1940), German operatic tenor

Fictional characters

or Siegfried, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in '' Nibelungenlied'' **

Siegfried Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements ''sig'' "victory" and ''frithu'' "protection, peace". The German name has the Old Norse cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid' ...

, leading character in the opera of the same name ** ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'', the first of Fritz Lang's two-film series, ''

Die Nibelungen ''Die Nibelungen'' ("The Nibelungs") is a two-part series of silent fantasy films created by Austrian director Fritz Lang in 1924, consisting of ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'' and ''Die Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge''. The scenarios for bot ...

'' * Siegfried, a character in ''

History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Syun Matsuena. Matsuena first published a manga titled ''Tatakae! Ryōzanpaku Shijō Saikyō no Deshi'', which ran in Shogakukan's ''Shōnen Sunday Super'' from 1999 to 2002. ''Shijō ...

'' * Siegfried (''Get Smart''), fictional character in 1960s American spy comedy television series ''Get Smart'' * Siegfried, a principal character in the ballet ''

Swan Lake ''Swan Lake'' ( rus, Лебеди́ное о́зеро, r=Lebedínoye ózero, p=lʲɪbʲɪˈdʲinəjə ˈozʲɪrə, link=no ), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failur ...

'' * Siegfried Farnon, one of the main characters in ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (TV series) * Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare, two interconnected characters of the ''Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games *

Dubhe Alpha Siegfried This article comprises a list of characters that play a role in ''Saint Seiya'' (also known as ''Knights of the Zodiac'') and its canonical continuation, ''Saint Seiya: Next Dimension'', two manga series created, written and illustrated by Masam ...

, ''

Saint Seiya , also known as ''Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac'' or simply ''Knights of the Zodiac'' (translated from the French title ''Les Chevaliers du Zodiaque''), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Kurumada. It ...

'' anime series character * Siegfried Kircheis, a character in the series of Japanese science fiction novels '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' * Siegfried, a recurring demon in the ''

Shin Megami Tensei ''Megami Tensei'', marketed internationally as ''Shin Megami Tensei'' (formerly ''Revelations''), is a Japanese media franchise created by Aya Nishitani, Kouji Okada, Kouji "Cozy" Okada, Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed ...

'' video game series * Siegfried, the Saber of Black in the anime ''

Fate/Apocrypha ''Fate/Apocrypha'' is a Japanese light novel series in Type-Moon's ''Fate'' franchise, written by Yūichirō Higashide and illustrated by Ototsugu Konoe. Type-Moon published five volumes from December 2012 to December 2014. A manga adaptati ...

'' *Siegfried of Denesle, a side character in the video game series '' The Witcher''

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Medieval

Modern

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