Meaning and Origin
What does the name Siegfried mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
User Submitted Origins
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Australia says the name Siegfried means "Victory protector".
- A submission from Georgia, U.S. says the name Siegfried means "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 cognate Sigfridr, Sigfrodr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred" and is of German origin.
- (German mythology) mythical German warrior hero of the Nibelungenlied who takes possession of the accursed treasure of the Nibelungs by slaying the dragon that guards it and awakens Brynhild and is eventually killed; Sigurd is the Norse counterpart
From German Siegfried, from Proto-Germanic *Segafriþuz, from *segaz (“victory, triumph”) + *friþuz (“peace, sanctuary”).
- (Germanic mythology) Hero of the Nibelungenlied who defeated the Icelandic queen Brunhild.
Siegfried was also found in the following language(s): Cebuano and German