Sigmund (given name)

Sigmund, also spelled Siegmund, is a Germanic given name with roots in proto-Germanic *segaz and *mundō, giving a rough translation of "protection through victory".

People with this name

 * Sigmund Ahnfelt, Swedish major general
 * Sigmund Borgundvåg, Norwegian naval architect
 * Sigmund Brouwer, Canadian author
 * Sigmund Fraenkel, Polish-Austrian chemist
 * Sigmund Freud, Austrian-Jewish psychologist
 * Sigmund Freudenberger, Swiss painter
 * Sigmund Hecht (1849–1925), Hungarian-born American Reform rabbi
 * Sigmund Esco "Jackie" Jackson, African-American singer in the Jackson 5
 * Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut
 * Siegmund Klein (1902–1987), American bodybuilder
 * Sigmund Kvaløy Setreng, Norwegian philosopher and activist
 * Sigmund Mifsud, Maltese musician
 * Sigmund Moren, Norwegian philologist
 * Sigmund Mowinckel, Norwegian professor and theologian
 * Sigmund Rascher, German SS doctor
 * Sigmund Romberg, a Hungarian composer
 * Sigmund Ruud, Norwegian ski jumper
 * Sigmund Skard, Norwegian poet
 * Sigmund Sternberg, Hungarian-British businessman and philanthropist
 * Sigmund Sommer, American builder
 * Sigmund von Erlach, Swiss military commander
 * Sigmund von Haimhausen, Bavarian aristocrat
 * Sigmund Widmer (1919-2003), Swiss politician
 * Sigmund Zois, Carniolan nobleman

Mythological and fictional characters

 * Sigmund (also Siegmund), a hero in Norse mythology
 * Siegmund, a focal character in Richard Wagner's Die Walküre
 * Sigmund (comics), Doctor Sigmund, a Dutch comics character
 * Siegmund, a fictional lance wielded by Ephraim in video game Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
 * Sigmund the Sorcerer, a fictional character from the kids' TV show Fanboy & Chum Chum
 * Sigmund, the titular sea monster of the kids' TV show from the 1970s, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters