Sigrid
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Sigrid (ˈsiːɡrɪd) is a Scandinavia
n given name
for women from Old Norse
Sigríðr, meaning "victory" " wisdom " and "beautiful". Nicknames for Sigrid are Siri, Sigga, Silggian,and Sickan. The Latvian
version of the name is Zigrīda.
The following people have the given name Sigrid:
Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...
n given name
Given name
A given name, in Western contexts often referred to as a first name, is a personal name that specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially in a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name...
for women from Old Norse
Old Norse
Old Norse is a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements during the Viking Age, until about 1300....
Sigríðr, meaning "victory" " wisdom " and "beautiful". Nicknames for Sigrid are Siri, Sigga, Silggian,and Sickan. The Latvian
Latvian language
Latvian is the official state language of Latvia. It is also sometimes referred to as Lettish. There are about 1.4 million native Latvian speakers in Latvia and about 150,000 abroad. The Latvian language has a relatively large number of non-native speakers, atypical for a small language...
version of the name is Zigrīda.
The following people have the given name Sigrid:
- Princess Sigrid of SwedenPrincess Sigrid of SwedenPrincess Sigrid of Sweden , was a Swedish princess...
, a Swedish princess - Sigrid D. PeyerimhoffSigrid D. PeyerimhoffSigrid Doris Peyerimhoff is a theoretical chemist and Emeritus Professor at the Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, University of Bonn, Germany....
, a German chemist - Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér)Sigrid Eskilsdotter (Banér)Sigrid Eskilsdotter , was a Swedish noble, the mother of the Swedish regent Christina Gyllenstierna and the maternal grandmother of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden.- Biography :...
, a Swedish noble - Sigrid FickSigrid FickSigrid Fick was a female tennis player from Sweden.She competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm and won a silver medal in the mixed indoor doubles tournament. She also won a bronze medal in the mixed doubles event; both medals won with Gunnar Setterwall....
, a Swedish tennis player - Sigrid Fry-RevereSigrid Fry-RevereSigrid Fry-Revere is the founder and president of the Center for Ethical Solutions, a bioethics think tank; she formerly served as Director of Bioethics Studies at the Cato Institute. She earned her BA with honors at Smith College in 1983 and went on to earn her Masters in Jurisprudence at...
, an American bio-ethicist - Sigrid GurieSigrid GurieSigrid Gurie was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s.- Early life :...
, an American actress - Sigrid the HaughtySigrid the HaughtySigrid the Haughty, also known as Sigríð Storråda, is a queen appearing in Norse sagas as wife, first of Eric the Victorious of Sweden, then Sweyn Forkbeard of Denmark. While given the Nordic ancestry in sagas, she has been hypothesized to be identical to historically attested Polish or Pomeranian...
, a Slavic queen of Sweden - Sigrid HjerténSigrid HjerténSigrid Hjertén , was a Swedish modernist painter. Hjertén is considered a major figure in Swedish modernism. Periodically she was highly productive and she participated in 106 exhibitions...
, a Swedish painter - Sigrid HolmwoodSigrid HolmwoodSigrid Holmwood is a British/Swedish artist and works in London. She was educated at The Ruskin School of Fine Art and Drawing, University of Oxford and the Royal College of Art, London...
, a British artist - Sigrid HunkeSigrid HunkeSigrid Hunke was a German author. She received her PhD from the Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Berlin in 1941...
, a German author - Sigrid KirchmannSigrid KirchmannSigrid Kirchmann is a former high jumper from Austria, best known for winning Austria's first ever medal at the World Championships in Athletics. She did so in 1993, finishing third behind two Cubans...
, an Austrian high jumper - Sigrid Maier, an Austrian author of German-Greek grammar books living in Greece
- Sigrid LidströmerSigrid LidströmerSigrid Lidströmer , grand daughter of the architect Fredrik August Lidströmer, was a Swedish author, polemicist and translator. She wrote articles in the Swedish literary gazette Idun, wrote and translated songs, novels, short stories, polemical articles, and poems from and to Swedish, Finnish,...
, a Swedish novelist - Sigrid NunezSigrid Nunez-Biography:Sigrid Nunez is the daughter of a Chinese-Panamanian father and a German mother. She was born and raised in New York City. She received her BA from Barnard College and her MFA from Columbia University. After finishing school she worked for a time as an editorial assistant at The New York...
, an American novelist - Sigrid SchultzSigrid SchultzSigrid Schultz was a notable American reporter and war correspondent in an era when women were a rarity in both print and radio journalism.-Background:...
, an American war correspondent - Sigrid SparreSigrid SparreSigrid Maria Josefina Ingeborg Richissa Eufemia Ulfhild Sparre was a Swedish lady in waiting and noblewoman, known for her relationship with Charles XV of Sweden....
, Swedish lady in waiting - Sigrid StureSigrid StureSigrid Svantesdotter Sture , was a Swedish noble, Governor of Stranda Hundred from 1577 to 1613....
, Swedish governor - Sigrid ThorntonSigrid ThorntonSigrid Thornton is an Australian multi-award winning actress.-Early years:Thornton was born in Canberra, the daughter of Merle, a teacher of women's studies and writer, and Neil Thornton, an academic. She spent most of her formative years growing up and attending school at St. Peter's Lutheran...
, an Australian actress - Sigrid UndsetSigrid UndsetSigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.-Biography:Undset was born in Kalundborg, Denmark, but her family moved to Norway when she was two years old. In 1924, she converted to Catholicism and became a lay Dominican...
, a Norwegian novelist - Sigrid ValdisSigrid ValdisSigrid Valdis was the stage name of Patricia Annette Olson, an American actress. She was best known for playing Hilda on Hogan's Heroes.-Early life and career:Valdis began acting in the late 1950s...
, an American actress - Sigrid WilleSigrid WilleSigrid Wille is a German cross country skier who competed from 1991 to 1999...
, a German skier - Sigrid WolfSigrid WolfSigrid Wolf is an Austrian former Alpine skier.She came in the spotlight when she placed fourth in the downhill in Santa Caterina in 1985. Sigrid Wolf won the Super-G gold medal at the 1988 Olympics in Calgary ahead of Michela Figini and Karen Percy. This was the first time it was ever arranged a...
, an Austrian skier - Sigrid AlegríaSigrid AlegríaSigrid Alegría Conrads is a Chilean television actress.Alegría her acting debut in the TVN soap opera Borrón y cuenta nueva in 1998, playing the role of "Doris Morán", a religious nun who was rethinking her life after she found a new love.In 2004, she left for Canal 13 to participate in the soap...
, a Chilean actress.