Sigmund (given name)

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".^[1]

People with this name

• Sigmund Borgundvåg, Norwegian naval architect
• Sigmund Brouwer, Canadian author
• Sigmund Fraenkel, Polish-Austrian chemist
• Sigmund Freud, the Austrian psychologist
• Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss painter
• Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925), Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi
• Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut
• Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, Norwegian philosopher and activist
• Sigmund Mifsud, Maltese musician
• Sigmund Moren, Norwegian philologist
• Sigmund Mowinckel, Norwegian professor and theologian
• Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor
• Sigmund Romberg, a Hungarian composer
• Sigmund Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper
• Sigmund Skard, Norwegian poet
• Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-British businessman and philanthropist
• Sigmund Sommer, the American builder
• Sigmund von Erlach, Swiss military commander
• Sigmund von Haimhausen, Bavarian aristocrat
• Sigmund Widmer (1919-2003), a Swiss politician
• Sigmund Zois, Carniolan nobleman

Mythological and fictional characters

• Sigmund (also Siegmund), a hero in Norse mythology
• Siegmund, a focal character in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre
• Sigmund (comics), Doctor Sigmund, a Dutch comics character
• Siegmund, a fictional lance wielded by Ephraim in video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
• Sigmund the Sorcerer, a fictional character from the kids' TV show Fanboy & Chum Chum
• Sigmund, the titular sea monster of the kids' TV show from the 1970s, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

See also

• Sig (given name)
• Sigmund (disambiguation), other meanings
• Sigismund
• Zygmunt, a list of people with the given name or surname Zygmunt, Zigmunt or Zigmund

References