Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from

Old High German Old High German (OHG; german: Althochdeutsch (Ahd.)) is the earliest stage of the German language, conventionally covering the period from around 750 to 1050. There is no standardised or supra-regional form of German at this period, and Old High ...

''sigu'' "victory" + ''munt'' "hand, protection".

Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

latinises it '' Segimundus''. There appears to be an older form of the High German word "Sieg" (victory): ''sigis'', obviously Gothic and an inferred Germanic form, and there is a younger form: ''sigi'', which is

Old Saxon Old Saxon, also known as Old Low German, was a Germanic language and the earliest recorded form of Low German (spoken nowadays in Northern Germany, the northeastern Netherlands, southern Denmark, the Americas and parts of Eastern Europe). It ...

''sigu'' (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as ''Sigismund'' and ''Sigimund'' (see Ernst Förstemann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', 1906; Henning Kaufmann, ''Altdeutsche Personennamen'', Ergänzungsband, 1968). Its Hungarian equivalent is Zsigmond. A Lithuanian name

Žygimantas Žygimantas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, which is a variant of Sigismund, a German name meaning "protection through victory." Notable people with the name include: *Žygimantas II of Lithuania (1467–1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke ...

, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from

Lithuanian Lithuanian may refer to: * Lithuanians * Lithuanian language * The country of Lithuania * Grand Duchy of Lithuania * Culture of Lithuania * Lithuanian cuisine * Lithuanian Jews as often called "Lithuanians" (''Lita'im'' or ''Litvaks'') by other Jew ...

''žygis'' "campaign, march" + ''manta'' "goods, wealth" has been a substitution of the name ''Sigismund'' in the Lithuanian language, from which it was adopted by the

Ruthenian language Ruthenian (Belarusian: руская мова; Ukrainian: руська мова; Ruthenian: руска(ѧ) мова; also see other names) is an exonymic linguonym for a closely-related group of East Slavic linguistic varieties, particularl ...

as Жыгімонт (such are the cases of Sigismund Kestutaitis, Sigismund Korybut,

Sigismund I the Old Sigismund I the Old ( pl, Zygmunt I Stary, lt, Žygimantas II Senasis; 1 January 1467 – 1 April 1548) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1506 until his death in 1548. Sigismund I was a member of the Jagiellonian dynasty, the ...

Sigismund II Augustus Sigismund II Augustus ( pl, Zygmunt II August, lt, Žygimantas Augustas; 1 August 1520 – 7 July 1572) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania, the son of Sigismund I the Old, whom Sigismund II succeeded in 1548. He was the first rule ...

). The Polish spelling is Zygmunt, and the

Croatian Croatian may refer to: * Croatia *Croatian language *Croatian people *Croatians (demonym) See also * * * Croatan (disambiguation) * Croatia (disambiguation) * Croatoan (disambiguation) * Hrvatski (disambiguation) * Hrvatsko (disambiguation) * S ...

variant is Žigmund. Sigismund was the name of various European rulers: * Saint Sigismund of Burgundy (died 523), King of the Burgundians * Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405) *

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia ('' jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death ...

(1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia * Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars * Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died after 1452) * Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427–1496), ruler of Further Austria *

Sigismund of Bavaria Sigismund of Bavaria (26 July 1439 – 1 February 1501) was a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. He ruled as Duke of Bavaria-Munich from 1460 to 1467, and then as Duke of Bavaria-Dachau until his death. Biography Sigismund was the third son of ...

(1439–1501), Duke of Bavaria *

(1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566), Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council *

(1520–1572), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund of Brandenburg (1538–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt * Sigismund Rákóczi (died 1608), briefly Prince of Transylvania *

Sigismund III Vasa Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632 Adoption of the Gregorian calendar, N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and ...

(1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania * Sigismund Báthory (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania * John Sigismund (1572-1618), Elector of Brandenburg * Sigismund Francis of Austria (1630–1665), ruler of Further Austria * Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866) *

Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978) Prince William Victor Charles Augustus Henry Sigismund of Prussia (german: Wilhelm Viktor Karl August Heinrich Sigismund; 27 November 1896 at Kiel – 14 November 1978 at Esparza, Costa Rica), was the second son of Prince Henry of Prussia and hi ...

Ishak Bey Kraloğlu Ishak Bey Kraloğlu ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Ishak-beg Kraljević, Исхак-бег Краљевић; died after 1493), christened Sigismund Tomašević (), was a Bosnian prince, the last known member of the House of Kotromanić and an Ottoman statesman. ...

or Sigismund of Bosnia (born in the 1450s?), son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia Others named Sigismund include: *

Sigismund Albicus Sigismund Albicus ( cs, Zikmund Albík z Uničova) (c.1360 – July 23, 1427) was a Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague and a Moravian. Albicus was born at Uničov, Moravia, and entered the University of Prague when quite young, taking his ...

(c. 1360–1427), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague * Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), Hungarian composer, violinist and violist * Sigismund Bacstrom (c. 1750-1805), German doctor, surgeon and scholar of alchemy * Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British secret agent during the First and Second World Wars * Sigismund von Braun (1911–1998), German diplomat and Secretary of State * Sigismund Danielewicz (1847–1927), California trade union organizer and anarchist *

Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud ( , ; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating psychopathology, pathologies explained as originatin ...

(1856–1939), Austrian founder of psychoanalysis born Sigismund Schlomo Freud *

Sigismund Gelenius Sigismund Gelenius (1497 – 1554), also known as Sigismund Gelen or Sigmund Gelen, was born as cs, Zikmund Hrubý z Jelení, into a family of Bohemian nobles in Prague. He was an eminent Greek scholar and humanist, trained by the Cretan schola ...

(1497–1554), Greek scholar and humanist *

Sigismund Goldwater Sigismund Schulz Goldwater (February 7, 1873 – October 22, 1942)''Deaths of Fellows'' (1943) Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine. 19(3), 224. was a physician and hospital administrator. Biography Goldwater earned his medical degree in ...

(1873–1942), physician, hospital administrator, and New York City Commissioner of Health *

Sigismund von Götzen Sigismund von Götzen or Sigmundt von Götz (1576–1650) was the Calvinist chancellor of the privy council of George William, Elector of Brandenburg. In 1630, he forced out of office the Roman Catholic Count Adam of Schwarzenberg, who had been ...

(1576–1650), German diplomat and politician *

Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825) was the third bishop of Linz from 1809 to 1825. He had been a cathedral canon of Gurk and Vicar-General of Klagenfurt. He was appointed by the emperor on 10 January 1809, but the appointment did not r ...

(1745–1825), Bishop of Linz * Sigismund Koelle (1820–1902), German missionary and pioneer scholar of African languages * Zsigmond Kornfeld (1852–1909), Hungarian banker and baron * Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone (1861–1917), German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher * Sigismund Mendl (1866—1945), British politician *

Sigismund von Neukomm Sigismond Neukomm or Sigismund Ritter von Neukomm ennoblement.html" ;"title="fter ennoblement">fter ennoblement as a knight(10 July 1778, in Salzburg – 3 April 1858, in Paris) was an Austrian composer and pianist. Neukomm first studied with ...

(1778–1858), Austrian composer and pianist *

Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf (18 October 1855 in Berchtesgaden – 11 May 1936 in Passau) was the Bishop of Passau, Germany, from 1907 until his death in 1936. He was first consecrated by Bishop Ignatius von Senestrey, was ord ...

(1855–1936), Bishop of Passau * Sigismund von Reitzenstein (1766–1847), first minister of state of the Grand Duchy of Baden *

Sigismund von Schlichting Sigismund Wilhelm Lorenz von Schlichting (3 October 1829 – 22 October 1909) was a Prussian general and military theorist, perhaps best known for his participation in the debates over infantry tactics in the 1880s and 1890s. Schlichting was ...

(1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist * Sigismund von Schrattenbach (1698–1771), Archbishop of Salzburg * Sigismund Streit (1687–1775), German merchant and art patron in Venice * Sigismund Zaremba (1861–1915), Ukrainian and Russian composer * Sigismund Zinzan, an equerry to Queen Elizabeth I of England Sigismund may also refer to fictional characters: * Segismundo, main character of Calderón de la Barca's '' La vida es sueño''. *Sigismund, a Space Marine character from the Warhammer 40,000 novel series, '' The Horus Heresy''. Other things named Sigismund: * Sigismund Bell, a famous bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, cast in 1520