Sigismund



Gender:
Origin: German
136 famous people named Sigismund found on Wikipedia.
138 male in US.
Most recent ranking: 3411-th in year 1927
Best ranking: 1877-th in year 1920
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, German

Meanings

Sigismund (variants: Sigmund, Siegmund) is a German proper name, meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German sigu "victory" + munt "hand, protection". Tacitus Latinises it Segimundus. There appears to be an older form of the High German word "Sieg" (victory): sigis, obviously Gothic and an inferred Germanic form, and there is a younger form: sigi, which is Old Saxon or Old High German sigu (both from about 9th century). A 5th century Prince of Burgundy was known both as Sigismund and Sigimund (see Ernst Förstemann, Altdeutsche Personennamen, 1906; Henning Kaufmann, Altdeutsche Personennamen, Ergänzungsband,1968).
A Lithuanian name Žygimantas, meaning "wealth of (military) campaign", from Lithuanian žygis "campaign, march" + manta "goods, wealth" has been a substitution of the name Sigismund in the Lithuanian language, from which it was adopted by the Ruthenian language as Жыгімонт (such are the cases of Sigismund Kestutaitis, Sigismund Korybut, Sigismund I the Old, Sigismund II Augustus). The Polish spelling is Zygmunt, and the Croatian variant is Žigmund.
Sigismund was the name of various European rulers:
Saint Sigismund of Burgundy (died 523), King of the Burgundians
Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405)
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437), also King of Hungary and King of Bohemia
Sigismund Kęstutaitis (c. 1365–1440), Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund Korybut (c. 1395-c. 1435), Lithuanian duke who participated in Hussite Wars
Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died after 1452)
Sigismund, Archduke of Austria (1427–1496), ruler of Further Austria
Sigismund of Bavaria (1439–1501), Duke of Bavaria
Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund von Herberstein (1486–1566), Carniolan diplomat, writer, historian and member of the Holy Roman Empire Imperial Council
Sigismund II Augustus (1520–1572), King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund of Brandenburg (1538–1566), Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt
Sigismund Rákóczi (died 1608), briefly Prince of Transylvania
Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania
Sigismund Báthory (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania
Sigismund Francis of Austria (1630–1665), ruler of Further Austria
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1864-1866)
Prince Sigismund of Prussia (1896–1978)
Ishak Bey Kraloğlu or Sigismund of Bosnia (born in the 1450s?), son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia
Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born 1966)
Others named Sigismund include:
Sigismund Albicus (c. 1360–1427), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague
Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), Hungarian composer, violinist and violist
Sigismund Payne Best (1885–1978), British secret agent during the First and Second World Wars
Sigismund von Braun (1911–1998), German diplomat and Secretary of State
Sigmund Freud (1856–1939), Austrian founder of psychoanalysis born Sigismund Schlomo Freud
Sigismund Gelenius (1497–1554), eminent Greek scholar and humanist
Sigismund von Götzen (1576–1650), German diplomat and politician
Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart (1745–1825), Bishop of Linz
Sigismund Koelle (1820–1902), German missionary and pioneer scholar of African languages
Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone (1861–1917), German naturalist, zoologist, spelunker, archaeologist and researcher
Sigismund von Neukomm (1778–1858), Austrian composer and pianist
Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf (1855–1936), Bishop of Passau
Sigismund von Reitzenstein (1766–1847), first minister of state of the Grand Duchy of Baden
Sigismund von Schlichting (1829–1909), Prussian general and military theorist
Sigismund von Schrattenbach (1698–1771), Archbishop of Salzburg
Sigismund Streit (1687–1775), German merchant and art patron in Venice
Sigismund Zaremba (1861–1915), Ukrainian and Russian composer
Sigismund Zinzan, an equerry to Queen Elizabeth I of England
Sigismund may also refer to fictional characters:
Segismundo, main character of Calderón de la Barca's La vida es sueño.
Segismundo, 21st-century hero of the dramatic novel "United States of Banana" by Giannina Braschi, based on Calderón de la Barca's Life is a Dream.
Sigismund, a character from the Warhammer 40,000 game series, First Captain of the Imperial Fists Legion and later founder and first High Marshall of the Black Templars Chapter
Wilhelm Gottsreich Sigismond von Ormstein, Grand Duke of Cassel-Felstein, fictional King of Bohemia in "A Scandal in Bohemia" (Sherlock Holmes adventure)
Sigismund the mad maths teacher, a character in the Nigel Molesworth school stories
Sigismund Dijkstra, a character from The Witcher book and video game series. Head of Redanian Intelligence (secret service), later leader of a criminal faction aliased as "Sigi Reuven".
Other things named Sigismund:
Sigismund Bell, a famous bell in the Wawel Cathedral in Kraków, cast in 1520


Masc. proper name, from German, literally "protection through victory," from Old High German sigu "victory" (see Siegfried) + munt "hand, protection," from PIE root *man- (2) "hand."


Victory protection.

Famous People: 136 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Sigismund III Vasa 1566 King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania, King of Sweden
2 Sigismund II Augustus 1520 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
3 Sigismund I the Old 1467 King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania
4 Sigismund Báthory 1572 Prince of Transylvania
5 Sigismund Payne Best 1885 British intelligence agent
6 Sigismund Kęstutaitis 1365 Lithuanian noble
7 Sigismund of Burgundy 0500 King of burgundy
8 Sigismund von Braun 1911 German diplomat
9 Sigismund von Herberstein 1486 Carniolan diplomat, writer and historian
10 Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria 1630 Archduke of Further Ausrtia
11 Sigismund von Neukomm 1778 Austrian composer and pianist
12 Sigismund Rákóczi 1544 Prince of Transylvania
13 Sigismund Korybut 1395 LIthuanian noble
14 Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau Co-ruler of Anhalt-Zerbst and ruler of Anhalt-Dessau
15 Sigismund von Schrattenbach 1698 Archbishop of Salzburg
16 Sigismund Ernuszt
17 Sigismund Radecki 1891 German journalist, author and translator
18 Sigismund Toduță 1908
19 Sigismund Goetze 1866 English painter and art patron
20 Sigismund of Austria 1826 Austrian archduke
21 Sigismund Waitz 1864 Austrian priest
22 Sigismund Righini 1870 German painter
23 Sigismund Bacstrom 1750 British doctor and artist
24 Sigismund Koelle 1820 German academic
25 Sigismund of Brandenburg 1538 Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of Halberstadt
26 Sigismund von Kollonitz 1677 Austrian priest
27 Sigismund Bachrich 1841 Hungarian musician
28 Sigismund van Saksen 1416
29 Sigismund von Schlichting 1829 German general
30 Sigismund Ernst Richard Krone 1861 Naturalist
31 Sigismund Gelenius 1497 Czech humanist, translator and science writer
32 Sigismund von Treskow 1864
33 Sigismund Bibra 1894 German jurist
34 Sigismund Casimir of Poland 1640
35 Sigismund von Falkenstein 1903 German officer
36 Sigismund Albicus 1360 Czech doctor
37 Sigismund von Zedlitz und Neukirch 1838
38 Sigismund Freyer 1881 Equestrian
39 Sigismund Anton von Hohenwart 1730 Austrian priest
40 Sigismund von Reitzenstein 1766 German politician
41 Sigismund Bouška 1867 Czech poet, priest, translator and writer
42 Sigismund II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau German prince
43 Sigismund III, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau 1456 German prince
44 Sigismund Zinzan English equerry
45 Sigismundus Evenius 1587 German author
46 Sigismund Goldwater 1873
47 Sigismund August 1560
48 Sigismund Dijkstra Fictional character from the Witcher series
49 Sigismund Zaremba 1861 Ukrainian and Russian composer
50 Sigismund Streit 1687 German art collector
51 Sigismund Felix Freiherr von Ow-Felldorf 1855 German priest
52 Sigismund Ehrenreich de Redern 1761 German diplomat and jurist
53 Berthold Sigismund 1819 German author
54 Sigismund Frank 1848
55 Sigismund Rahmer 1866 German author
56 Sigismund I. von Volkersdorf 1395
57 Sigismund Ernst Hohenwart 1745 Austrian bishop
58 Sigismund von Götzen 1576 Prussian politician and diplomat
59 Zygmunt Działowski 1843
60 Sigmund Lamberg 1500 First bishop of Ljubljana
61 Sigismund Dziembowski 1849 Politician and jurist (1849-1915)
62 Sigismund Pierre Alexander van Heiden-Reinestein 1740
63 Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt 1760 German chemist and pharmacist
64 Sigismund Ehrenreich Redern 1719 German physicist and officer
65 Sigismund Heusner 1592 German jurist
66 Siegmund Leopold Kohn-Speyer 1830 German entrepreneur
67 Sigismund Finckelthaus 1579 German politician
68 Sigismund Andreas Cuno 1675 German author
69 Sigismund von Lindenau 1485 German bishop
70 Sigismund Dziembowski-Pomian 1858 German jurist, lawyer and politician
71 Sigismundus Gossembrot 1417
72 Sigismund von Rumling German composer
73 Sigismund Samuel Hahn 1791
74 Sigismund Stern 1812
75 Sigmund Christoph von Herberstein 1644 Austrian bishop
76 Sigismondo De Bosniascki 1837 Polish physician
77 Sigismund Gargas 1876 Polish economist
78 Sigismund Pichler 1603 German librarian
79 Sigismund August von Berrenhauer 1719
80 Sigismund Weier 1579 German mathematician, librarian, astronomer and historian
81 Ursula Sigismund 1912 German author
82 Sigismund von Vogel
83 Sigismund von Rosen 1827
84 Sigismund Calles 1696
85 Sigismund de Szentgyörgy
86 Sigismund van Heiden Hompesch 1731
87 Sigismund Rudolf von Waldow 1673
88 Sigismund Lobkowicz von Hassenstein 1500
89 Sigismund Badehorn 1585 German theologian
90 Sigismund von Weimar-Orlamünde
91 Sigismundus Guldenstern 1598
92 Sigismund Droese 1822
93 Sigismund Schultes 1801
94 Sigismund Gram 1933 Romanian footballer
95 Sigismund Vašátko 1831 Czech collector of regional songs
96 Sigismund Ungewitter 1853 German judge
97 Sigismund Ferdinand Hartmann 1632
98 Sigismund Jacques van Heiden Reinestein 1771
99 Sigmund Christoph Jester 1715 German jurist
100 Sigismund Pirchan von Rosenberg 1389
101 Sigismund Gschwandner 1824 Austrian teacher
102 Sigismund Englander 1823
103 Sigismund Ludwig Borkheim
104 Zygmunt Szułdrzyński 1830 German politician
105 Sigismund Christian Dick 1815 Norwegian writer, priest and translator
106 Sigismund Paul Hiepe 1770
107 Sigismund Wedell-Wedellsborg 1909
108 Sigismund Borlea 1827 Deputy of Hungarian Parliament (1865-1878)
109 Sigismund Stier 1500
110 Sigismund Kornis 1677
111 Sigismund Ludvig Schulin 1846
112 Sigismund Salblinger German composer
113 Sigismund von Reischach 1809
114 Sigismund Seidl 1950
115 Sigismund Vainberg 1843 French jurist
116 Sigismund Meisterlin
117 Sigismund Pagliaruzzi 1792
118 Sigismund Dallwitz 1829 German politician, officer and farmer
119 Sigismund Scherertz
120 Sigismund Mohr
121 Sigismund Jacob Bielefeldt 1711
122 Sigismund Eduard Jacob Maurits van Lier 1875
123 Sigismund Gondola 1711
124 Sigismund von Dallwitz 1803
125 Sigismund Liechtenberg 1688
126 Sigismund Sege
127 Sigismund von Förster 1887
128 Sigismund Gleispach 1633
129 Sigismund Skupin 1688
130 Sigismund Leczinsky
131 Sigismund Novisadi
132 Sigismund Wilhelm von Gähler 1706
133 Sigismund Wittenberg 1883
134 Sigismund Ulrici
135 Sigismund Bobaljević
136 Johan Sigismund