Sieglinde

Attested across 4 languages in the etymology graph.

Sieglinde 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.

• German82%

  a female given name, notably of the mother of Siegfried in German mythology

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  ) Sieglind; Siglind; Siglinde: alter deutscher weibl. Vom. (ahd. sigu »Sieg« + ahd. Und »sanft, weich, mild«, auch beein­ flusst durch ahd. linta »Linde, Schild aus

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• English12%

  mother of Siegfried in German

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

  mythology

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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 We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Sieglinde is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Arabic given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Egypt, United States

  Also written Sieglind

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Sieglinde 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.

• German: from an old Germanic female personal name composed of the elements sige victory + lind weak, tender, soft.

  as a word

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.

• Sieglinde Wagnerb. 1921ATAustrian opera singer (1921–2003)
• Sieglinde Ammannb. 1946CHSwiss athletics competitor
• Sieglinde Frießb. 1959DEGerman politician

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

34 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 20 countries.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Sieglinde mean, and where does it come from?

a female given name, notably of the mother of Siegfried in German mythology Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

Which countries have the most people named Sieglinde?

Mondonomo estimates about 42 thousand people named Sieglinde in Germany, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sieglinde. After it come Austria, United States, Belgium and Italy; the country table on this page ranks them.

What are other forms of the name Sieglinde?

In the etymology graph, Siglinde, Ségolène and Sigilind are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Sieglinde a male or female name?

Sieglinde is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

How common is the name Sieglinde?

In the United States, the national register counted 732 people named Sieglinde in 2020, about 1 in 454 thousand residents.

How common is Sieglinde compared with other names?

In Germany, Sieglinde is the 503rd most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.