Sigmund
Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic *segaz and *mundō, giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".
- German
- Norwegian
- English
- Norse Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Sigmund
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic *segaz and *mundō, giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Norwegian
- English
- Norse Mythology
The Story of Sigmund
Sigmund first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1886, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1918: 151 births, good for #485 nationwide. About 37% of every Sigmund on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Sigmund last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Sigmund
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Sigmund. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Siegmund
- Sigi
- Sigmundr
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About the name Sigmund
Sigmund is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1886 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Sigmund's peak popularity came in 1918 when it ranked #485. Use the chart and map above to compare Sigmund'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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