Sigismund
Sigismund is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *sigiz "victory" + *mundō "protection", recorded from the 5th century in the Kingdom of Burgundy. An older variant, Segimundus, was Latinized by Tacitus. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Austrian, German, Hungarian, and Polish-Lithuanian royal families.
- German
- Germanic
Meaning & Origin of Sigismund
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sigismund is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic *sigiz "victory" + *mundō "protection", recorded from the 5th century in the Kingdom of Burgundy. An older variant, Segimundus, was Latinized by Tacitus. In the later medieval period it became a standard name in the Austrian, German, Hungarian, and Polish-Lithuanian royal families.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Germanic
The Story of Sigismund
American parents first put Sigismund on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 12 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 19 Sigismunds were born — ranking #1,820 that year. About 58% of every Sigismund on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Sigismund last appeared in the published SSA data in 1927, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 138 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Sigismund
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sigismund. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Sigimund
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About the name Sigismund
Sigismund is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 138 births in the dataset. Sigismund's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,820. Use the chart and map above to compare Sigismund's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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