Sigurðsson 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 ''son 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 ...

. Sigurðsson may refer to: * Arnar Sigurðsson (b. 1981), Icelandic professional tennis player *

Baldur Sigurðsson Baldur Sigurðsson (born 24 April 1985) is an Icelandic retired footballer who last played for ÍF Völsungur. He has been capped three times for the Icelandic national team. Club career He has played for Norwegian Adeccoligaen club Bryne a ...

(b. 1985), Icelandic professional football player * Birgir Sigurðsson (handballer) (b. 1965), Icelandic handball player *

Birgir Sigurðsson (writer) Birgir Sigurðsson (28 August 1937 – 9 August 2019) was an Icelandic writer. A journalist and schoolteacher in Iceland from the early 1960s, studied classical singing in Amsterdam in the late sixties but returned to teaching in Reykjavík and w ...

(1937–2019), Icelandic journalist and poet *

Dagur Sigurðsson Dagur Sigurðsson (born 3 April 1973) is an Icelandic handball coach and former player who is currently the head coach of the Croatia men's national handball team, Croatian men's national team. He spent his career playing for clubs in Iceland, ...

(b. 1973), Icelandic professional handball player and coach *

Gylfi Sigurðsson Gylfi Þór Sigurðsson (; transliterated as Gylfi Thor Sigurdsson; born 8 September 1989) is an Icelandic professional Association football, footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Besta deild karla club Knattspyrnufélagið Víkin ...

(b. 1989), Icelandic professional football player *

Hannes Sigurðsson Hannes Þorsteinn Sigurðsson (born 10 April 1983) is an Icelandic football manager and former player who played as a forward. He is the manager of German club SV Wacker Burghausen. Playing career Hannes started his professional career with ...

(b. 1983), Icelandic professional football player * Haraldur Sigurðsson (b. 1939), Icelandic volcanologist and geologist *

Helgi Sigurðsson Helgi Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1974) is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level. ...

(b. 1974), Icelandic professional football player *

Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson Hreiðar Már Sigurðsson (born 19 November 1970) is an Icelandic business manager working in international finance, and from 2003 to 2008, was the CEO of Kaupthing Bank. He graduated from the University of Iceland in 1994 with a degree in busi ...

(b. 1970), Icelandic businessman and bank manager *

Indriði Sigurðsson Indriði Sigurðsson (born 12 October 1981) is an Icelandic former football defender. He last played for the Icelandic club KR Reykjavik. Club career He started his career in KR Reykjavik, and went to Norway to play for Lillestrøm SK in 20 ...

(b. 1981), Icelandic professional football player *

Jón Sigurðsson Jón Sigurðsson (17 June 1811 – 7 December 1879) was the leader of the 19th century icelandic nationalism, Icelandic independence movement. Biography Born at Hrafnseyri, in Arnarfjörður in the Westfjords area of Iceland, he was the son of ...

(1811–1879), leader of the Icelandic independence movement; his face is on the 500 kronur note *

Jónas Sigurðsson Jónas Sigurðsson at times just Jónas Sig (born c. 1974) is a well-known Icelandic singer. He performs solo and with his band Ritvélar Framtíðarinnar. He started in Iceland with the band Sólstrandargæjarnir gaining fame with the song "Ran ...

, Icelandic singer *

Kristján Örn Sigurðsson Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (born 7 October 1980 in Akureyri) is an Icelandic footballer who played as a defender. He is a player-assistant manager for Þór. Club career He started his career at his local club ÍF Völsungur Húsavik, and mo ...

(b. 1980), Icelandic professional football player *

Lárus Sigurðsson Lárus Orri Sigurðsson (born 4 June 1973), known in English as ''Larus Sigurdsson'', is an Icelandic former professional footballer, who played most notably for Stoke City and West Bromwich Albion in England. Club career Sigurðsson was bor ...

(b. 1973), Icelandic professional football player *

Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson Ólafur Jóhann Sigurðsson (26 September 1918 – 30 July 1988) was an Icelandic novelist, short story writer and poet. His style was social realism. His published works include five volumes of short stories, six novels, two short novels, four ...

(1918–1988), Icelandic author and poet *

Ragnar Sigurðsson Ragnar Sigurðsson (born 19 June 1986) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as centre-back. Beginning his career with Fylkir, he went on to represent IFK Göteborg, Copenhagen, Krasnodar, Fulham, Rubin Kazan, Rostov, and R ...

(b. 1986), Icelandic professional football player *

Robbie Sigurðsson Robert Michael Sigurðsson (born 18 October 1993) is an American-born Icelandic ice hockey player and a former member of the Icelandic men's national team. In 2017, he was named the Icelandic Men's Ice Hockey Player of the Year. Playing caree ...

(b. 1993), Icelandic ice hockey player * Sigfús Sigurðsson (1922–1999), Olympic shot putter from Iceland * Sigfús Sigurðsson (born 1975), Olympic handball player from Iceland, grandson of the above *

Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson Sveinn Rúnar Sigurðsson (born 24 December 1976 in Reykjavík) is an Icelandic songwriter, music producer, and medical doctor, best known for having composed two Eurovision Song Contest entries for Iceland, "Heaven" by Jónsi in 2004 and " Valen ...

(b. 1976), Icelandic pianist *

Þráinn Sigurðsson Thrainn Sigurdsson (12 November 1912 – 18 August 2004) was an Icelandic chess player. He was one of the strongest chess players in Iceland in the early 1930s. Sigurdsson played for Iceland in the Chess Olympiad: * In 1933, at second board in t ...

(1912–2004), Icelandic chess player *

Valgeir Sigurðsson Valgeir Sigurðsson (born 18 June 1971) is an Icelandic record producer, mixer, composer, audio engineer and musician. Biography Coming from a musical background, Valgeir's fascination with recording technology led to a job in a small recordin ...

(b. 1971), Icelandic record producer and composer

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