Siegfried

ZEEK-freet (German); SIG-freed or SEEG-freed (Eng)

German

"victorious peace"

Siegfried Origin and Meaning

The name Siegfried is a boy's name of German origin meaning "victorious peace".

Also spelled Sigfrid, this hefty German name has an appropriately majestic meaning: "victorious peace". Fittingly, a famous bearer was the English World War I poet and pacifist Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon was named after the hero of a Wagner opera, which in turn was based on a tragic hero from German legend.

Siegfried Popularity

• 1918 Nameberry 2023

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Famous People Named Siegfried

• Siegfried Fischbacher German,American magician of duo Siegfried & Roy
• Siegfried Loraine Sassoon English poet and soldier
• Siegfried Count of Luxembourg
• Siegfried Wagner German composer, son of composer Richard Wagner
• Siegfried Kracauer German writer and critic
• Siegfried Lenz German novelist
• Siegfried “Sigi” Stritzl Yugoslavian,American footballer

Siegfried in Pop Culture

• "Siegfried " opera by Richard Wagner
• Siegfried Farnon character in James Herriot's "All Creatures" series