Sigrid is a

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for women 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 ...

''Sigríðr'', composed of the elements ''sigr'' "victory" and ''fríðr'' "beautiful". Common short forms include

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, Sigga, Sig, and Sigi. An

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...

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) Sigrid Solbakk Raabe (born 5 September 1996), known professionally as Sigrid, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. She has released two studio albums, ''Sucker Punch'' (2019) and '' How to Let Go'' (2022), both of which reached the top of the c ...

, Norwegian singer * Princess Sigrid of Sweden, Swedish princess *

Sigrid Alegría Sigrid Alegría Conrads (born 18 June 1974) is a Chilean film and television actress. Alegría began her acting debut in the Televisión Nacional de Chile, TVN soap opera ''Borrón y cuenta nueva (TV series), Borrón y cuenta nueva'' in 1998, pl ...

, Chilean actress *

Sigrid Alexandersen Sigrid Alexandersen (born 1995) is a Norwegian orienteering competitor. At the 2018 European Orienteering Championships in Cadempino she won a bronze medal in the sprint relay with the Norwegian team, achieved a fourth place in the women's rel ...

(born 1995), Norwegian orienteer *

Sigrid Agren Sigrid Agren is a French model from Martinique, who rose to prominence during the Elite Model Look in 2006. Early life Agren was born and raised in Martinique, to a Swedish father and a French mother. She entered the Elite Model Look in Franc ...

, French fashion model *

Sigrid Banér Sigrid Gustafsdotter Banér (17 January 1592, Djursholm Castle - 22 October 1669), was a Swedish nobleman, letter writer and scholarship founder. She is most known in history for her letters to her sister Anna, in which she described the last days ...

, Swedish letter writer * Sigrid Andrea Bernardo, Filipino screenwriter and director *

Sigrid Björkegren Sigrid Björkegren (1845–1936), was a Swedish shipowner.Sigrid Magdalena Lovisa Björkegren, http://www.skbl.se/sv/artikel/SigridMagdalenaLovisaBjorkegren, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (artikel av Linus Karlsson), hämtad 2020-07-12. She w ...

(1845 – 1936), Swedish entrepreneur * Sigrid Borge (born 1995), Norwegian javelin thrower *

Sigrid Brahe Sigrid Brahe (1568–1608), was a Swedish countess, known for the great scandal ''Onsdagsbröllopet'' (The Wednesday Wedding) in 1595. Sigrid Brahe was the daughter of count Per Brahe the Elder and Beata Stenbock and niece of queen dowager Cat ...

, Swedish countess *

Sigrid Brattabø Handegard Sigrid Brattabø Handegard (born 27 December 1963) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. Early life Handegard was educated at Rogne Upper Secondary School, specialising in nursing auxiliary skills. She worked as a nursing auxiliary i ...

(born 1963), Norwegian politician * Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff, a German chemist *

Sigrid Elmblad Sigrid Agneta Sofia Elmblad, born Sigrid Agneta Sofia Pettersson, (28 May 1860 – 23 May 1926) was a Swedish journalist, poet, translator and writer, who translated ''Der Ring des Nibelungen'' (''The Ring of the Nibelung'') into Swedish and prod ...

(1860 – 1926), a Swedish journalist and poet *

Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér) Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér) (died 1527) was a Swedish noble, the mother of the Swedish regent Christina Gyllenstierna and the maternal grandmother of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden. Biography Sigrid Eskilsdotter was the daughter of Eskil Isak ...

, a Swedish noble *

Sigrid Fick Sigrid Fick (née ''Frenckell''; 28 March 1887 – 4 June 1979) was a Finnish-born tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between t ...

, a Swedish tennis player *

Sigrid af Forselles Sigrid af Forselles (1860—1935) was a Finnish sculptor, notable for being one of the first professional female sculptors of the country. Early life and education Sigrid af Forselles was born to an upper-class family of minor nobility; her fa ...

(1860—1935), Finnish sculptor *

Sigrid Fronius Sigrid Fronius (born 23 January 1942) is a German author, journalist and feminist. She was 1968 the first female chairwoman of the Allgemeinen Studierendenausschuss (AStA) at Free University of Berlin and was involved in South America during the ...

(1942), German author, journalist and feminist *

Sigrid Fry-Revere Sigrid Fry-Revere is an American medical ethicist and lawyer who has worked on many issues in patient care ethics, but most recently has been working on the rights of living organ donors. Background Fry-Revere worked as an attorney, practi ...

, American bioethicist *

Sigrid Augusta Green Sigrid Augusta Green (3 December 1920 – 12 October 2012) gathered intelligence in preparation for the sabotage of the Telemark plant during the Second World War. She worked for the Norwegian Resistance and then as a code breaker at Bletchley ...

(1920–2012), was a British code breaker, Norwegian resistance member *

Sigrid Gurie Sigrid Gurie (born Sigrid Guri Haukelid; May 18, 1911 – August 14, 1969) was a Norwegian-American actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s. Early life Gurie was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father was a civil engineer who worked fo ...

, Norwegian-American actress *

Sigrid Grajek Sigrid Grajek (born 1963 in Lünen) is a German actor and cabaret actress. Life Grajek's professional career in acting was shaped by previous experience in the metal industry, metal processing industry before she completed her Abitur on the Zwe ...

(1963), German actor and cabaret actress. *

Sigrid the Haughty Sigrid the Haughty (; ) is a Scandinavian queen appearing in Norse sagas. Sigrid is named in several late and sometimes contradictory Icelandic sagas composed generations after the events the stories describe, but there is no reliable, historical ...

, Swedish, possibly Slavic, queen of Sweden, Denmark, and England *

Sigrid Helliesen Lund Sigrid Helliesen Lund (23 February 1892 – 8 December 1987) was a Norwegian peace activist, noted for her humanitarian efforts throughout most of the 20th century, and in particular her resistance to the occupation of Norway during World Wa ...

(1892–1987), Norwegian peace activist *

Sigrid Hjertén Sigrid Hjertén (27 October 1885 – 24 March 1948) was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and participated in 106 exhibitions. She worked as an artist ...

, Swedish painter * Sigrid Hjørnegård (born 1965), Norwegian politician *

Sigrid Holmquist Sigrid Holmquist (21 February 1899, in Borås – 9 July 1970, in Sydney, Australia), also known by the diminutive "Sie" or "Bie" Holmquist was a Swedish actress during the silent film era. After three films in Sweden, she went to pursue a career ...

, Swedish actress * Sigrid Holmwood, British artist *

Sigrid Hunke Sigrid Hunke (26 April 1913 – 15 June 1999) was a German author and representative of a unitarian neopaganism. Hunke is regarded as a critic of Christianity while at the same time admiring Islam and Arabism and as a pioneer of the New Right. S ...

, German author *

Sigrid Huun Sigrid Huun (born July 25, 1952) is a Norwegian actress. She made her film debut in '' Himmel og helvete'' in 1969. Among her television performances, she is remembered for having performed in the comedy series ''Egentlig'' on NRK in the 1990s. ...

(born 1952), Norwegian actress * Sigrid Kaag, Dutch diplomat and politician * Sigrid Kirchmann, Austrian high jumper *

Sigrid Kruse Sigrid Maria Kruse (2 September 1867 – 19 September 1950) was a Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist. In addition to her teaching activities in Karlskrona, she strongly supported the suffrage movement, contributing articles to mag ...

(1867–1950), Swedish educator, children's writer and suffragist *

Sigrid Lidströmer Sigrid Lidströmer (1866–1942), granddaughter of the architect Fredrik August Lidströmer, was a Swedish author, polemicist and translator. She wrote articles in the Swedish literary magazine ''Idun (magazine), Idun,'' wrote and translated songs ...

, Swedish novelist * Sigrid Moldestad (born 1972), Norwegian folk singer and musician * Sigrid Nunez, American novelist *

Sigrid Schmidt Sigrid Schmidt (birth name: Sigrid Matthäi) (born 12 July 1930) is a German folklorist,
KATALOG DER DEUTSCHEN NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK, biography da ...

(born 1930), German ethnologist and folklorist *

Sigrid Schultz Sigrid Schultz (January 15, 1893 – May 14, 1980) was a notable American reporter and war correspondent in an era when women were a rarity in both print and radio journalism. Working for the ''Chicago Tribune'' in the 1920s, she was the firs ...

, American war correspondent * Sigrid Sepp, Estonian swimmer * Sigrid Sparre, Swedish lady-in-waiting *

Sigrid Stray Sigrid Stray (née Kluge; 29 May 1893 – 3 July 1978) was a Norwegian barrister and proponent for women's rights. Personal life She was born in Sandnes as a daughter of merchant Reier Kluge (1859–1921) and Anna Gausel (1863–1939). In Marc ...

(1893–1978), Norwegian barrister and women's rights proponent * Sigrid Sture, Swedish governor *

Sigrid Thornton Sigrid Madeline Thornton (born 12 February 1959) is an Australian film and television actress. Her television work includes ''Prisoner'' (1979–80), '' All the Rivers Run'' (1983), '' SeaChange'' (1998–2019) and '' Wentworth'' (2016–2018) ...

, Australian actress *

Sigrid Torsk Sigrid Mathilda Torsk (9 February 1841 – 4 February 1924) was a Swedish jewellery designer. She was the owner and managing director of the jewelry firm J. E. Torsk between 1860 and 1924. Life Sigrid Torsk was the daughter of the jewellery designe ...

(1841 - 1924) Swedish jewellery designer * Sigrid Bonde Tusvik (born 1980), Norwegian television presenter and entertainer *

Sigrid Undset Sigrid Undset (; 20 May 1882 – 10 June 1949) was a Danish people, Danish-born Norwegian people, Norwegian novelist. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1928. Born in Den ...

, Norwegian novelist and Nobel Prize winner *

Sigrid Valdis Patricia Annette Olson (September 21, 1935 – October 14, 2007), known by her stage name Sigrid Valdis, was an American actress best known for playing "Hilda" in the television series ''Hogan's Heroes''. Early life and career Valdis was born ...

, 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

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