Sigmund (given name)

Sigmund and Siegmund are variants of Sigismund, a German given name meaning "protection through victory", from Old High German sigu "victory" + munt "hand, protection".

People with this name

• Sigmund Freud, the Austrian psychologist
• Sigmund Jähn, an East German cosmonaut
• Sigmund Hecht (1849-1925), Hungarian-born Reform rabbi in Montgomery, Alabama; Milwaukee, Wiconsin; Los Angeles, California.
• Sigmund Romberg, a Hungarian composer
• Sigmund Sommer, the American builder

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 and Chum Chum
• Sigmund, the titular sea monster of the kids' TV show from the 1970s, Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

See also

• Sigmund (disambiguation), other meanings
• Sigismund