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 dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and their overseas settlemen ...

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 Merovin ...

. 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 Siegfried (died 3 December 937) was the Count and Margrave of Merseburg from an unknown date before 934 until his death. He does not appear with the title of margrave in contemporary royal charters and diplomas, so the title was informal and never o ...

(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 Sigfried (or Siegfried) ( – 28 October 998) was Count in the Ardennes, and is known in European historiography as founder and first ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg in 963 AD, and ancestor and predecessor of the future counts and dukes of Lu ...

(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) Siegfried, also Sigefred or Sigifredo (died 14 April 1031), was the bishop of Piacenza from 997 until his death. He was a loyal and rewarded participant in the imperial church system and a notable builder in the city of Piacenza. Born into a Lomb ...

(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 Saint Sigfrid of Sweden (, , , ) was a missionary-bishop in Scandinavia during the first half of the 11th century. Originally from England, Saint Sigfrid is credited in late medieval king-lists and hagiography with performing the baptism of the ...

(died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö * Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (c. 1010–1065) *

Siegfried I (archbishop of Mainz) Siegfried I (died 16 February 1084) was the Abbot of Fulda from 25 December 1058 until 6 January 1060, and from January 1060 until his death in February 1084, he was Archbishop of Mainz. Family Siegfried was a member of the Frankish Reginbodone ...

(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 ...

(fl. 12th century) *

Siegfried (archbishop of Bremen) Siegfried of Anhalt (c. 113224 October 1184) was born as the third son of Sophie of Winzenburg and her husband Albert the Bear, then Count of Anhalt, of the House of Ascania. In 1168 he was elected Archbishop of Bremen. Afterward he became Prince ...

(1132–1184) *

Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (1206) was a member of the House of Ascania The House of Ascania (german: Askanier) was a dynasty of German rulers. It is also known as the House of Anhalt, which refers to its longest-held possessio ...

(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 Siegfried I ( – 25 March 1298), a member of the House of Ascania, ruled as the first Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst from 1252 until his death. Life Siegfried was the youngest son of Prince Henry I of Anhalt by his wife Irmgard, daughter of the Ludov ...

(c. 1230 – 1298) *

Siegfried II of Westerburg Siegfried (or Sigfrid) II of Westerburg (before 1260 – 7 April 1297, in Bonn) was Archbishop of Cologne from 1275 to 1297. Siegfried was the second son of Siegfried IV, Count of Runkel in Westerburg (died 1266). His older brother was Henry ('' ...

(before 1260–1297) *

Siegfried II of Querfurt Siegfried II of Querfurt (mid 13th century – 5 May 1310) was Prince-Bishop of Hildesheim from 1279 to 1310. Biography Siegfried was from a noble family of Querfurt (which now belongs to Saxony-Anhalt). He was head of the chapter at the Cathed ...

(died 1310) *

Siegfried von Feuchtwangen Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1303 to 1311. Von Feuchtwangen was born in Feuchtwangen in Middle Franconia, and was a relative of the earlier Grand Master Konrad von Feuc ...

(died 1311), 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights *

Sigfrid of Pannonhalma Sigfrid ( hu, Szigfrid; 1300s – 11 March 1365) was a Hungarian Benedictine friar and prelate in the 14th century, who served as Abbot of Garamszentbenedek from 1330 to 1355, then Abbot of Pannonhalma from 1355 until his death. He was a leading ...

(died 1365), Hungarian abbot

Modern

Siegfried Lipiner Siegfried Salomo Lipiner (24 October 1856 – 30 December 1911) was an 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 life as Librarian ...

(1856–1911), Austrian poet and author *

Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930. Life 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, (19 June 1875 – 1 March 1944) was a German conductor and composer of waltzes, marches, and other light dance music. Today he is most famous for his ' waltz, which became ...

(1875–1944), Austrian composer of dance music * Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, named Siegfried by his mother because of her love of Wagner's operas * Siegfried Aram (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 Siegfried Wolfgang Fehmer (10 January 1911 – 16 March 1948) was a German Schutzstaffel, ''SS'' officer during World War II. He was stationed in Norway during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, occupation by Nazi Germany, and by the end of ...

(1911–1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes * Siegfried Seidl (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 Siegfried Rapp (1915 - 1982) was a German pianist who lost his right arm during World War II and then focused on the left-hand repertoire. He is now mainly remembered for being the first to perform Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 4 for the Left Ha ...

(1915–1982), one-armed German pianist *

Siegfried Buback Siegfried Buback (3 January 1920, Wilsdruff, Saxony – 7 April 1977, Karlsruhe) was the Attorney General of West Germany from 1974 until his murder in 1977. Life and career Buback studied at the University of Leipzig. From 1940 to 1945, he w ...

(1920–1977), Attorney General of Germany *

Siegfried Böhm Siegfried Böhm (20 August 1928–4 May 1980) was an East German politician and long-term finance minister of East Germany. He was in office for nearly fourteen years between 1966 and 1980. Biography Böhm was born in Plauen on 20 August 1928. I ...

(1928–1980), East German politician * Siegfried Ziering (1928–2000), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist *

Siegfried Rauch Siegfried Rauch (2 April 1932 – 11 March 2018) was a German film and television actor. In a career spanning over 60 years, he appeared in several international film productions and had leading roles in numerous German television productions. C ...

(1932–2018), German actor * Siegfried Fischbacher (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 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 ...

'' ** Siegfried, 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 bo ...

'' * Siegfried, a character in '' History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi'' * Siegfried (''Get Smart''), fictional character in 1960s American spy comedy television series ''Get Smart'' * Siegfried, a principal character in the ballet '' Swan Lake'' * Siegfried Farnon, one of the main characters in All Creatures Great and Small * Siegfried, a character in the ''Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games * Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, ''

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 w ...

'' anime series character * Siegfried Kircheis, a character in the series of Japanese science fiction novels ''

Legend of the Galactic Heroes , sometimes abbreviated as ''LOTGH'', ''LOGH'' or in Japanese (and also depicted as ''Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel'' in the anime intro), is a series of science fiction novels written by Yoshiki Tanaka. In humanity's distant fu ...

'' * 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 "Cozy" Okada, Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed and publishe ...

'' 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 adaptatio ...

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

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are be ...

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