Sigtrygg (''Sigtryggr'') is an Old Norse given name, composed of the elements ''sig'' 'victory' and ''trygg'' 'trusty, true'. It is cognate with the Anglo-Saxon Sihtric (disambiguation), Sihtric.
In Norse-Gaelic Ireland (9th to 11th centuries) rendered as ''Sitric'' or ''Sihtric'' (the patronymic ''Sigtryggsson'' as ''mac Sitriuc'').
The name is only rarely given in modern Scandinavian countries; it is mostly encountered in Iceland, in the form ''Sigtryggur'', with 99 entries for the name in the Icelandic white pages as of 2013.
People called Sigtrygg
The names may refer to any of the following people:
*Sigtryggr, one of the List of names of Odin, names of Óðinn according to ''Óðins nöfn''.
Two versions of ''Viðbótarþulur'', including ''Óðins nöfn'', in Old Norse.
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*Sigtryg, a List of legendary kings of Sweden, legendary king of Sweden according to ''Gesta Danorum''. Father of Gróa#Gesta Danorum, Gróa. Slain by Gram of Denmark, Gram.
*Kings of Dublin:
**Sigtrygg Ivarsson, 888–893
**Sigtrygg Caech (Sigtrygg Gael), 917–921, king of Scandinavian York, York 921–927
**Sigtrygg, 941–943
**Sigtrygg Silkbeard Olafsson, 989–1036
*Sigtrygg Gnupasson, a 10th-century Danish king of the House of Olaf
*Sigtrygg of Nerike, a Swede who met Saint Olaf
*Sitric the Dane, an 11th-century List of rulers of Waterford, ruler of Waterford
*Sitric mac Ualgairg, Kings of Breifne, king of Breifne 1256/7
*Sigtryggur Baldursson, musician, best known as a member of the icelandic band The Sugarcubes
See also
*Mac Sitric, Irish masculine surname
*Sitric Roads, Stoneybatter, County Dublin
*Irish people
*Norse people
References
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*Lena Peterson, ''Nordiskt runnamnslexikon'' (2002)
External links
nordicnames.de
Scandinavian masculine given names
Masculine given names