Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the
Nordic and
Baltic countries, derived from
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 ...
''sigr'' (victory) and ''nýr'' (new), which may refer to:
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Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess
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Signy, two heroines in Norse mythology and two lesser-known characters in Norse sagas
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Signy Aarna (born 1990), Estonian footballer
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Signe Amundsen (1899–1987), Norwegian operatic soprano
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Signy Arctander (1895–1971), Norwegian statistician and economist
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Signe Asmussen (born 1970), Danish singer
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Signe Baumane (born 1964), Latvian animator, artist, illustrator and writer
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Signe Bergman (1869–1960), Swedish suffragette
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Signe Brander (1869–1942), Finnish photographer
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Signe Bro (born 1999), Danish swimmer
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Signe Brunnström (1898–1988), Swedish-American physiotherapist, scientist and educator
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Signe Bruun (born 1998), Danish footballer
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Signy Coleman (born 1960), American actress
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Signy Stefansson Eaton (1913–1992), Canadian socialite, art collector and philanthropist
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Signy Fardal (born 1961), Norwegian editor-in-chief of ''Elle'' magazine
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Signe Gaupset (born 2005), Norwegian footballer
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Signe Giebelhausen (1811–1879), Danish-Norwegian actress
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Signe Häggman (1863–1911), Finnish pioneer of physical education of the disabled
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Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882–1970), Swedish-Finnish graphic artist
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Signe Hasso (1915–2002), Swedish actress
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Signe Hebbe (1837–1925), Swedish singer and actress
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Signý Hermannsdóttir (born 1979), Icelandic basketball player
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Signe Hofgaard (1901–1998), Norwegian dancer, choreographer and organizational leader
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Signe Horn Fuglesang (born 1938), Norwegian art historian and professor
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Signe Hornborg (1862–1916), Finnish architect (possibly the first qualified female architect)
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Signe Howell (born 1942), Norwegian social anthropologist
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Signe Iversen (born 1956), Norwegian Sami language consultant and children's author
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Signe Johansson-Engdahl (1905–2010), Swedish diver
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Signe Kivi (born 1957), Estonian textile artist and politician
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Signe Klinting (born 1990), Danish orienteer
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Signe Kongebro (born 1972), Danish architect and educator
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Signe Livbjerg (February 1980), Danish sport sailor
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Signe Lund (1868–1950), Norwegian composer
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Signe Nielsen, American landscape architect
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Signe Øye (born 1945), Norwegian politician
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Signe Paisjärv (1940–2016), Estonian table tennis player
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Signe Pierce (born 1989), American multimedia artist-performer
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Signe Relander (1886—1962), First Lady of Finland (1925—1931)
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Signe Rink (1836–1909), Danish writer and ethnologist
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Signe Ronka (born 1988), Latvian-Canadian figure skater
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Signe Scheel (1860–1942), Norwegian painter
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Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (1924–2019), Norwegian lawyer and politician
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Signe Søes (born 1983), Danish orienteer
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Signe Marie Store (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle wrestler
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Signe Svendsen (born 1974), Danish singer
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Signe Swensson (1888–1974), Norwegian physician and politician
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Signe Toksvig (1891–1983), Danish writer
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Signe Tollefsen (born 1981), American-Dutch singer-songwriter
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Signe Toly Anderson (1941–2016), American singer of Jefferson Airplane
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Signe Trosten (born 1970), Norwegian biathlete
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Signe Veiteberg, Norwegian fashion model
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Signe Weisert (1923–2000), Norwegian politician
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Signe Wilkinson (born 1950), American editorial cartoonist
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Signe Wirff (1887–1956), Swedish actress
References
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Feminine given names
Norwegian feminine given names
Danish feminine given names
Estonian feminine given names
Latvian feminine given names
Swedish feminine given names
Scandinavian feminine given names