Sieglinde is a
Germanic feminine given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...
. It is derived from two German words or elements. Those being: "sigu" for victory and "lind" for soft, tender, flexible. The diminutive version is "Sigi" or "Siggie".
It is also seen in German mythology. In the saga ''
Nibelungenlied
The (, or ; or ), translated as ''The Song of the Nibelungs'', is an epic poetry, epic poem written around 1200 in Middle High German. Its anonymous poet was likely from the region of Passau. The is based on an oral tradition of Germanic hero ...
'', Sieglinde was the mother of Siegfried.
Those with the name may refer to:
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Erda Sieglinde Walsh (born 1952), German-born Canadian politician
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Sieglinde Ahrens
Sieglinde Maria Ahrens (born 19 February 1936, in Berlin) is a German organist and composer. She is the daughter of (Johannes Clemens) Joseph Ahrens (1904–1997), a German composer and organist. Ahrens studied music and composition under her fa ...
(born 1936), German organist and composer
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Sieglinde Ammann (born 1946), Swiss Olympic pentathlete
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Sieglinde Cadusch
Sieglinde Cadusch (born 28 August 1967) is a retired Swiss high jumper.
She competed at the 1992 Olympic Games, 1994 European Championships, the 1995 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games as well as the World Indoor Championships in 19 ...
(born 1967), Swiss high jumper
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Sieglinde Gstöhl (born 1964), writer from Liechtenstein
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Sieglinde Hartmann (born 1954), German medievalist
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Sieglinde Hofmann
Sieglinde Hofmann (born 14 March 1945) was a German militant and member of both the Socialist Patients' CollectiveWolfgang Kraushaar"Die RAF und der linke Terrorismus" Hamburger Edition, 2006, Volume 1, p. 473 and the Red Army Faction.
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(born 1945), German militant
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Sieglinde Wagner (1921–2003), Austrian operatic contralto
Fictional characters
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Signy
Signy or Signe (, sometimes known as ) is the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Norse mythology which were very popular in medieval Scandinavia. Both appear in the Völsunga saga, which was adapted into other works such as Wagne ...
, the name of two heroines in two connected legends from Scandinavian mythology
* Sieglinde, a central character in ''
Die Walküre
(; ''The Valkyrie''), Wagner-Werk-Verzeichnis, WWV 86B, is the second of the four epic poetry, epic music dramas that constitute Richard Wagner's Literary cycle, cycle ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (English: ''The Ring of the Nibelung''). It was ...
'', the second opera of
Richard Wagner
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( ; ; 22 May 181313 February 1883) was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor who is chiefly known for his operas (or, as some of his mature works were later known, "music dramas"). Unlike most o ...
's Ring cycle
* Sieglinde Sullivan (born 1877), character from the manga and anime
''Black Butler''
* Sieglinde, often called Sieg, is one of the main heroines of the Light Novel, Web Novel, and Manga series, ''
''
* Sieglinde of Catarina, is an NPC from the video game ''
Dark Souls (video game)
is a 2011 action role-playing game developed by FromSoftware and published by Namco Bandai Games. A spiritual successor to FromSoftware's '' Demon's Souls'', the game is the first in the ''Dark Souls'' series. The game takes place in the kingd ...
''
Other meanings
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Sieglinde (potato),
de">:de:Sieglinde (Kartoffel)">de/nowiki>, German "potato of the year 2010".
See also
*Sieglinde (decoy)
was a sonar decoy used during the Second World War by German U-boats. was installed in chambers on the sides of the U-boat. It could be ejected to a considerable distance from the boat when attempting to hide from a seeker's sonar
Sona ...
, a sonar decoy used during the Second World War by German U-boats
* Zelinda (Italian form)
References
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Names of Germanic origin