Sieglinde is a Germanic

feminine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It is derived from two German words or elements. Those being: "sigu" for victory and "lind" for soft, tender, flexible. The diminutive version is "Sigi" or "Siggie". It is also seen in German mythology. In the saga ''

Nibelungenlied The ( gmh, Der Nibelunge liet or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germani ...

'', Sieglinde was the mother of Siegfried. Those with the name may refer to: * Erda Sieglinde Walsh (born 1952), German-born Canadian politician *

Sieglinde Ahrens Sieglinde Maria Ahrens (born 19 February 1936, in Berlin) is a German organist and composer. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Ahrens studied music and composition under her fat ...

(born 1936), German organist and composer *

Sieglinde Ammann Sieglinde Ammann ( Pfannerstill, born 4 February 1946) is a retired Swiss pentathlete and long jumper. She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics with the best result of 17th place in the long jump in 1972. Previously Ammann finished 11t ...

(born 1946), Swiss Olympic pentathlete *

Sieglinde Cadusch Sieglinde Cadusch (born 28 August 1967) is a retired Swiss high jumper. She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games as well as the World Indoor Championships in ...

(born 1967), Swiss high jumper *

Sieglinde Gstöhl Sieglinde Gstöhl (born 1964) is an academic from Liechtenstein. Biography She currently serves as Director of Studies of the department of EU International Relations and Diplomacy Studies at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, as well as ...

(born 1964), writer from Liechtenstein *

Sieglinde Hartmann Sieglinde Hartmann (born 1954 in Wuppertal, Germany) is a German medievalist, expert on the medieval poet Oswald von Wolkenstein and president of the Oswald von Wolkenstein-Gesellschaft. Biography Sieglinde Hartmann studied in Cologne and Frank ...

(born 1954), German medievalist *

Sieglinde Hofmann Sieglinde Hofmann (born 14 March 1945) was a German militant and member of both the Socialist Patients' CollectiveWolfgang Kraushaar"Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus" Hamburger Edition, 2006, Volume 1, p. 473 and the Red Army Faction. Biography ...

(born 1945), German militant *

Sieglinde Wagner Sieglinde Wagner (21 April 1921 – 31 December 2003) was an Austrian operatic contralto, who could also sing mezzo-soprano roles. Wagner was born in Linz, and studied in Linz and Munich. In 1947, she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera. Tw ...

(1921–2003), Austrian operatic contralto

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Signy Signy or Signe ( non, Signý, sometimes known as german: Sieglinde) is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Norse mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia. Both appear in the Völsunga saga, which was adapted i ...

, the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Scandinavian mythology * Sieglinde, a central character in ''

Die Walküre (; ''The Valkyrie''), WWV 86B, is the second of the four music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was performed, as a single opera, at the National Theatre Munich on ...

'', the second opera of Richard Wagner's Ring cycle * Sieglinde Sullivan (born 1877), character from the manga and anime ''Black Butler''

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