Sigurðardóttir is a

surname In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several give ...

of Icelandic origin, meaning ''daughter of Sigurður''. In

Icelandic name Icelandic names are names used by people from Iceland. Icelandic surnames are different from most other naming systems in the modern Western world in that they are patronymic or occasionally matronymic: they indicate the father (or mother) o ...

s, the name is not strictly a surname, but a

patronymic A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, b ...

. The name refers to: *

Agnes M. Sigurðardóttir Agnes Margrétardóttir Sigurðardóttir (born 19 October 1954) is an Icelandic prelate who was the Bishop of Iceland from 2012 to 2024. She is the first woman to be elected a Bishop of the Church of Iceland, which happened in 2012; she took off ...

(b. 1954), Icelandic bishop *

Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013. Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, she was appointed as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social ...

(b. 1942), Icelandic politician, prime minister of Iceland from January 2009 until May 2012 *

Ragna Sigurðardóttir (author) Ragna (Ragnheiður) Sigurðardóttir (born in Reykjavík on 10 August 1962) is an Icelandic writer, translator and artist. She studied at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in the Netherlands and also spent time in Denmark. In addition she studied French a ...

(born 1962), Icelandic author and artist *

Ragna Sigurðardóttir (politician) Ragna Sigurðardóttir (born 31 August 1992) is an Icelandic politician and member of the Althing. A member of the Social Democratic Alliance, she has represented the Reykjavík South constituency since November 2024. Ragna was born on 31 Augu ...

(born 1992), Icelandic politician *

Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir Sigurlín Margrét Sigurðardóttir (born 23 April 1964) is the first deaf person to be a member of Alþingi (Iceland's parliament), on 1 October 2003 as a then-member of the Icelandic Liberal Party, serving for three months as a replacement for ...

(b. 1964), Icelandic politician; first deaf person to be a member of the ''Alþing'' *

Steinunn Sigurðardóttir Steinunn Sigurðardóttir (born 26 August 1950) is an Icelandic poet and novelist. She finished her university studies in 1972 with a BA in psychology and philosophy at University College Dublin. Since then, she has worked as a journalist for ...

(b. 1950), Icelandic author and poet *

Yrsa Sigurðardóttir Vilborg Yrsa Sigurðardóttir (born in 1963) is an Icelandic writer of both crime novels and children's fiction. She has been writing since 1998. Her début crime novel was translated into English by Bernard Scudder. The central character in ...

(b. 1963), Icelandic author of crime novels and children’s stories *

Zuilma Gabriela Sigurðardóttir Zuilma Gabriela Sigurðardóttir (born 1962) is a professor in psychology at the University of Iceland, and specialist in behaviour analysis. Zuilma Gabriela is originally from Mexico City, Mexico. She moved away from Mexico when she was 10 year ...

(b. 1962), Icelandic professor in psychology

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