The name Sigurd is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in Norwegian, Old Norse.
Sigurd is pronounced as SIG-oort
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Sigurd originates in Old Norse and means "guiding the victory".
Summary
Meaning
Guiding the victory
Origin
Norwegian, Old Norse
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Meaning
From the Old Norse name
Sigurðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and vǫrðr "guard, guardian".
Sigurd was the hero of the Norse epic the Völsungasaga, which tells how his foster father
Regin sent him to recover a hoard of gold guarded by the dragon Fafnir. After slaying the dragon
Sigurd tasted some of its blood, enabling him to understand the language of birds, who told him that
Regin was planning to betray him.
In a later adventure,
Sigurd disguised himself as
Gunnar (his wife
Gudrun's brother) and rescued the maiden
Brynhildr from a ring of fire, with the result that
Gunnar and
Brynhildr were married. When the truth eventually came out,
Brynhildr took revenge upon
Sigurd. The stories of the
German hero
Siegfried were
In part based on him.
Origin
Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Norse Mythology
Pronunciation
SEE-gurd(Swedish)