Siegel
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in English: from a medieval German personal name based on a shortened form of names beginning Sieg- ‘victory’; also ‘maker of seals or signet rings’; see also Segal
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ˈsiɡəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Siegel is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.
- DEGermany≈1 in 7K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 15K
- GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 23K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Siegel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 443 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 7.0K (inferred from the name graph)
≈52,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Germany, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Segal in IL Israel.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a medieval German personal name based on a shortened form of names beginning Sieg- ‘victory’; also ‘maker of seals or signet rings’; see also Segal
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested across 9 languages in the etymology graph.
How Siegel is read(measured from records)
Siegel is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- English78%
from a medieval German personal name based on a shortened form of names beginning Sieg- ‘victory’; also ‘maker of seals or signet rings’; see also Segal
as a nameEncyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
- German9.2%
from Siegel 'seal'; seal-maker or seal-user nickname
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
seal (official pattern)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Zu mhd. sigel 'Siegel, Stempel'; die Karte zeigt i/ie- und Längenvarianz. 7407 Träger.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
Patronymische Kurzform aus Rufnamen mit Sieg- und -l-Suffix; 7407 Belege. Karte demonstriert die Opposition i/ie in den Kurzformen.
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 1: Graphematik/Phonologie der Familiennamen I, Vokalismus
The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Siegel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈52,000 est. | ≈1 in 27K | — | Siegel | 5 |
| US United States | #785 | 21,536 | 1 in 15K | 22K | Siegel | 443 |
| DE Germany | #552 | ≈11,000 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Siegel | 168 |
| EG Egypt | — | ≈3,300 est. | ≈1 in 32K | — | Siegel | 9 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈2,800 est. | ≈1 in 23K | 910 | Siegel | 145 |
| IL Israel | — | ≈1,200 est. | ≈1 in 7K | — | Segal | 100 |
| JM Jamaica | #335 | ≈330 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | — | Siegel | 1 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 227as Cigale | 1 in 9.3K | 227 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Siegel is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
Name from the Judengasse of Frankfort on Main since 1776. The name of Chagal could have the same origin.
as a nameThe Origin of Jewish Family Names: Morphology and History
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Carl Ludwig Siegelb. 1896DEGerman mathematician (1896-1981)
- Bugsy Siegelb. 1906USAmerican mobster (1906-1947)
- Don Siegelb. 1912USAmerican film director (1912–1991)
- Jerry Siegelb. 1914USAmerican co-creator of Superman
- Ruth Westheimerb. 1928USnot in their usual nameGerman-American sex therapist
- Alan Siegelb. 1938USAmerican businessman (born 1938)
- Ralph Siegelb. 1945DEGerman record producer, songwriter, musician
- Robert D. Siegelb. 1971USAmerican screenwriter and film director
- Kate Siegelb. 1982USAmerican actress and writer (born 1982)
- Jake Siegelb. 1989USAmerican actor
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 31 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 22K | #1,514 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 22K | #1,674 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 20K | #1,757 |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 137 | #27,114 |
| US United States | wru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.) | — | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Siegel mean, and where does it come from?
- from a medieval German personal name based on a shortened form of names beginning Sieg- ‘victory’; also ‘maker of seals or signet rings’; see also Segal Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- How do you pronounce Siegel?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈsiɡəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Siegel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 52 thousand people named Siegel in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled siegel.
- How common is the name Siegel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 21,536 people named Siegel in 2010, about 1 in 15 thousand residents.
- How common is Siegel compared with other names?
- In Jamaica, Siegel is the 335th most common surname of 50,451 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Siegel” — the 335th most common surname in Jamaica. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.