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Sigrid is a
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Old Norse Old Norse, also referred to as Old Nordic or Old Scandinavian, was a stage of development of North Germanic languages, North Germanic dialects before their final divergence into separate Nordic languages. Old Norse was spoken by inhabitants ...
''Sigríðr'', composed of the elements ''sigr'' "victory" and ''fríðr'' "beautiful". Common short forms include
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, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An Estonian and Finnish variant is
Siiri Siiri is an Estonian language, Estonian and Finnish language, Finnish feminine given name derived from the Old Norse name Sigríðr. It is a cognate of the modern Scandinavia, Scandinavian name Sigrid. People named Siiri include: *Siiri Angerk ...
. The Latvian version of the name is Zigrīda.


People

* Sigrid (singer), Norwegian singer * Princess Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess * Sigrid Alegría, Chilean actress * Sigrid Alexandersen (born 1995), Norwegian orienteer * Sigrid Agren, French fashion model * Sigrid Banér, Swedish letter writer * Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, Filipino screenwriter and director * Sigrid Björkegren (1845 – 1936), Swedish entrepreneur * Sigrid Borge (born 1995), Norwegian javelin thrower * Sigrid Brahe, Swedish countess * Sigrid Brattabø Handegard (born 1963), Norwegian politician * Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, a German chemist * Sigrid Elmblad (1860 – 1926), a Swedish journalist and poet * Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér), a Swedish noble * Sigrid Fick, a Swedish tennis player * Sigrid af Forselles (1860—1935), Finnish sculptor * Sigrid Fronius (1942), German author, journalist and feminist * Sigrid Fry-Revere, American bioethicist * Sigrid Augusta Green (1920–2012), was a British code breaker, Norwegian resistance member * Sigrid Gurie, Norwegian-American actress * Sigrid Grajek (1963), German actor and cabaret actress. * Sigrid the Haughty, Swedish, possibly Slavic, queen of Sweden, Denmark, and England * Sigrid Helliesen Lund (1892–1987), Norwegian peace activist * Sigrid Hjertén, Swedish painter * Sigrid Hjørnegård (born 1965), Norwegian politician * Sigrid Holmquist, Swedish actress * Sigrid Holmwood, British artist * Sigrid Hunke, German author * Sigrid Huun (born 1952), Norwegian actress * Sigrid Kaag, Dutch diplomat and politician * Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper * Sigrid Kruse (1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist * Sigrid Lidströmer, Swedish novelist * Sigrid Moldestad (born 1972), Norwegian folk singer and musician * Sigrid Nunez, American novelist * Sigrid Schmidt (born 1930), German ethnologist and folklorist * Sigrid Schultz, American war correspondent * Sigrid Sepp, Estonian swimmer * Sigrid Sparre, Swedish lady-in-waiting * Sigrid Stray (1893–1978), Norwegian barrister and women's rights proponent * Sigrid Sture, Swedish governor * Sigrid Thornton, Australian actress * Sigrid Torsk (1841 - 1924) Swedish jewellery designer * Sigrid Bonde Tusvik (born 1980), Norwegian television presenter and entertainer * Sigrid Undset, Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner * Sigrid Valdis, American actress * Sigrid Wille, German skier * Sigrid Wolf, Austrian skier


Other meanings

* 1493 Sigrid, an asteroid * Storm Sigrid, in Britain and Ireland in November 2024


See also

* * Sigríður * Sigurd


References


External links

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