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 Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.
The name is medieval, and did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to Wagner's Siegfried.
Notable people with the name include:
Medieval
Lions at Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden in Las Vegas. - Like "fathers" like "sons" I guess. This is a video that I took at Siegfried and Roy's Secret Garden inside The Mirage Hotel and Casino when Cathy and I were in Las Vegas for our Honeymoon....
- Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö
- Siegfried I, Archbishop of Mainz (died 1084)
- Siegfried of Luxembourg (922-998), founder of Luxembourg
- Siegfried III, Archbishop of Mainz (d. 1249)
- Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230-1298)
Modern
- Siegfried Lipiner (1856-1911), Austrian poet and author
- Siegfried Wagner (1869-1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, son of Richard Wagner
- Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872-1939), Austrian saber fencer
- Siegfried Translateur (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 Kasche (1903â€"1947), German Nazi Storm Trooper officer and ambassador executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Fehmer (1911â€"1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Seidl (1911â€"1947), Austrian Nazi commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp executed for war crimes
- Siegfried Rapp (1915â€"1982), one-armed German pianist
- Siegfried Jerusalem (b. 1940), German operatic tenor
- Siegfried Ziering (1928-2000), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist
Fictional characters
- Sigurd or Siegfried, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Nibelungenlied
- Siegfried, leading character in the opera of the same name
- Siegfried, the first of Fritz Lang's two-film series, "Die Nibelungen"
- Siegfried, a character in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
- Siegfried (Get Smart), fictional character in 1960s American 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 Schtauffen, main character of the Soul series of fighting games
- Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, Saint Seiya anime series character
- Siegfried Kircheis, Legend of the Galactic Heroes
- Siegfried, a recurring "Persona" in the Shin Megami Tensei series
- Siegfried, the Saber of Black in the anime Fate/Apocrypha
See also
- Sig (given name)
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