Ségolène, also Sigolène or Sigolina, is a

French French may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France ** French people, a nation and ethnic group ** French cuisine, cooking traditions and practices Arts and media * The French (band), ...

name, now solely feminine but previously, in the forms Ségolène, Sigolin or Sigolinus, also occasionally masculine. It is derived from a diminutive of Siga, a mediaeval

hypocoristic A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek ; sometimes also ''hypocoristic''), or pet name, is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as '' Izzy'' for Isabel or '' Bob'' for Robert, or it ...

of Germanic names having the first element ''Sig-'' (meaning "victory"). The rarer masculine form of the name was derived in the same way from the masculine hypocoristic Sigo. An alternative explanation of the feminine name is that it is the equivalent of the German name Sieglinde. The form of the name was apparently influenced by the similar

Gaulish Gaulish is an extinct Celtic languages, Celtic language spoken in parts of Continental Europe before and during the period of the Roman Empire. In the narrow sense, Gaulish was the language of the Celts of Gaul (now France, Luxembourg, Belgium, ...

element ''Sego-'' ("victory" or "strength").X. Delamarre, ''Dictionnaire de la langue Gauloise'', 2003, p. 269

People

Female

* Saint Segolena of Troclar otherwise Sigolena of Albi (7th century), French abbess and saint * Ségolène Amiot (born 1986), French politician * Ségolène Berger (born 1978), French tennis player * Ségolène Girard (born 1995), Swiss volleyball player *

Ségolène Lefebvre Ségolène Lefebvre (born 30 May 1993) is a French professional boxer who held the WBO female super-bantamweight title from November 2021 until April 2024. Professional career Lefebvre made her professional debut on 24 January 2015, scoring a f ...

(born 1993), French boxer *

Ségolène Royal Ségolène Royal (; born Marie-Ségolène Royal; 22 September 1953) is a French politician who took part in the 2007 French presidential election, losing to Nicolas Sarkozy in the second round. She was the first woman in France's history to r ...

(born 1953), French politician, partner of François Hollande *

Sigolène Vinson Sigolène Vinson (born 1974) is a former lawyer and actress who became a novelist and journalist. She is the legal correspondent of ''Charlie Hebdo'', where she survived the shooting on 7 January 2015.Sophie Adriansen« Sigolène Vinson – Écriv ...

(born 1974), French writer and journalist, survivor of the Charlie Hebdo killings

Male

* Saint Sigolin of Stavelot (7th century), abbot of

Stavelot Abbey The Princely Abbey of Stavelot-Malmedy, also Principality of Stavelot-Malmedy, sometimes known with its German name Stablo, was an ecclesiastical principality of the Holy Roman Empire. Princely power was exercised by the Benedictine abbot of t ...

Places

* Sainte-Sigolène, commune in the

Haute-Loire Haute-Loire (; or ''Naut Leir''; English: Upper Loire) is a landlocked department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of south-central France. Named after the Loire River, it is surrounded by the departments of Loire, Ardèche, Lozère, Canta ...

department, France

References

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