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 Old Norse, Old Nordic, or Old Scandinavian, is 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 of Scandinavia and t ...

cognate ''Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr'', which gives rise to Swedish ''Sigfrid'' (hypocorisms ''Sigge, Siffer''), Danish/Norwegian ''Sigfred''. In Norway, ''Sigfrid'' is given as a feminine name.nordicnames.de
official statistics at Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no; Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/ The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as

Sigurd Sigurd ( non, Sigurðr ) or Siegfried (Middle High German: ''Sîvrit'') is a legendary hero of Germanic heroic legend, who killed a dragon and was later murdered. It is possible he was inspired by one or more figures from the Frankish Merovi ...

. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to

Wagner Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, polemicist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most op ...

's ''Siegfried''. Notable people with the name include:

Medieval

* Siegfried, Count of Merseburg (died 937) * Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck (died 990) * Sigfried, Count of the Ardennes (c. 922–998), founder of Luxembourg * Siegfried I, Count of Stade (before 929–after 961) * Siegfried (bishop of Piacenza) (died 1031) * Siegfried II, Count of Stade (c. 956–1037) * Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö *

Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim Siegfried I (c. 1010 – 7 February 1065) is considered the progenitor of the Carinthian ducal House of Sponheim (''Spanheimer'') and all of its lateral branches, including the Counts of Lebenau and the Counts of Ortenburg. He is documented a ...

(c. 1010–1065) * Siegfried I (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1084) * Siegfried of Ballenstedt (c. 1075–1113) * Siegfried IV, Count of Northeim-Boyneburg and Homburg (fl. 12th century) *

Siegfried (archbishop of Bremen) Siegfried of Anhalt (c. 113224 October 1184) was born as the third son of Sophie of Winzenburg and her husband Albert the Bear, then Count of Anhalt, of the House of Ascania. In 1168 he was elected Archbishop of Bremen. Afterward he became Princ ...

(1132–1184) * Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (c. 1155 – 1206) *

Siegfried II (archbishop of Mainz) Siegfried II von Eppstein (died 9 September 1230, in Erfurt) was archbishop of Mainz from 1200 to 1230. Siegfried was born the second son Gerhard I of Eppstein and hit an ecclesiastical career. Already in 1189 he was the owner of the parish of St ...

(died 1230) * Siegfried III (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1249) * Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298) * Siegfried II of Westerburg (before 1260–1297) * Siegfried II of Querfurt (died 1310) *

Siegfried von Feuchtwangen Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311) was the 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1303 to 1311. Von Feuchtwangen was born in Feuchtwangen in Middle Franconia, and was a relative of the earlier Grand Master Konrad von Feuch ...

(died 1311), 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights * Sigfrid of Pannonhalma (died 1365), Hungarian abbot

Modern

* Siegfried Lipiner (1856–1911), Austrian poet and author *

Siegfried Wagner Siegfried Helferich Richard Wagner (6 June 18694 August 1930) was a German composer and conductor, the son of Richard Wagner. He was an opera composer and the artistic director of the Bayreuth Festival from 1908 to 1930. Life Siegfried Wagner ...

(1869–1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, son of Richard Wagner * Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian saber fencer *

Siegfried Translateur __NOTOC__ Salo Siegfried Translateur, or Siegfried "Salo" Translateur, (19 June 1875 – 1 March 1944) was a German conductor and composer of waltzes, marches, and other light dance music. Today he is most famous for his ' waltz, which became ...

(1875–1944), Austrian composer of dance music *

Siegfried Sassoon Siegfried Loraine Sassoon (8 September 1886 – 1 September 1967) was an English war poet, writer, and soldier. Decorated for bravery on the Western Front, he became one of the leading poets of the First World War. His poetry both describ ...

(1886–1967), English poet, named Siegfried by his mother because of her love of Wagner's operas * Siegfried Aram (1891–1978), German lawyer and cultural politician * Siegfried Kasche (1903–1947), German Nazi Storm Trooper officer and ambassador executed for war crimes * Siegfried Fehmer (1911–1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes *

Siegfried Seidl Siegfried Seidl (24 August 1911 – 4 February 1947) was an Austrian career officer and World War II commandant of the Theresienstadt concentration camp located in the present-day Czech Republic. He also was commandant of the Bergen-Belsen, an ...

(1911–1947), Austrian Nazi commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp executed for war crimes *

Siegfried Lowitz Siegfried Lowitz (22 September 1914 – 27 June 1999) was a German actor. Born in Berlin, he played the Hauptkommissar ''Erwin Köster'' in the German television drama '' Der Alte''. Prior to his tenure as Hauptkommissar, he played a killer ...

(1914–1999), German actor * Siegfried Rapp (1915–1982), one-armed German pianist * Siegfried Buback (1920–1977), Attorney General of Germany * Siegfried Böhm (1928–1980), East German politician * Siegfried Ziering (1928–2000), German-born American business executive, playwright and philanthropist * Siegfried Rauch (1932–2018), German actor *

Siegfried Fischbacher Siegfried & Roy were a duo of German-American magicians and entertainers, best known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers. It was composed of Siegfried Fischbacher (June 13, 1939 – January 13, 2021) and Roy Horn (born Uwe L ...

(1939–2021), German-American magician * Siegfried Jerusalem (born 1940), German operatic tenor

Fictional characters

or Siegfried, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in ''

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'' **

Siegfried 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' ...

, leading character in the opera of the same name ** ''Die Nibelungen: Siegfried'', the first of Fritz Lang's two-film series, '' Die Nibelungen'' * Siegfried, a character in ''

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'' * Siegfried (''Get Smart''), fictional character in 1960s American spy comedy television series ''Get Smart'' * Siegfried, a principal character in the ballet ''

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'' * Siegfried Farnon, one of the main characters in ''All Creatures Great and Small'' (TV series) * Siegfried Schtauffen and Nightmare, two interconnected characters of the ''Soulcalibur'' series of fighting games * Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, ''

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'' anime series character * Siegfried Kircheis, a character in the series of Japanese science fiction novels '' Legend of the Galactic Heroes'' * Siegfried, a recurring demon in the '' Shin Megami Tensei'' video game series * Siegfried, the Saber of Black in the anime ''

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'' *Siegfried of Denesle, a side character in the video game series ''

The Witcher ''The Witcher'' ( pl, Wiedźmin ) is a series of six fantasy novels and 15 short stories written by Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski. The series revolves around the eponymous "witcher", Geralt of Rivia. In Sapkowski's works, "witchers" are b ...

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