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Sigfrid m. Old High German sigu 'victory' + Old High German fridu, Old Saxon frithu 'peace'.

The name of the patron saint of Växjö, Sweden.

Austria
Latin
● 1237 Sifridus (nom) hennes-vol1 96; 1277 Sifrido (abl) FRA-XXXL 355
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1350 Sifrido (abl) chlumecky 159; 1353 Zyfrido (dat) ibid. 106, Zyfridus (nom) ibid. 107
◑ 1331 Seydlinus (nom) Rössler1 32; 1337 Seidlinus (nom) ibid. 29; 1338 Seidlinus (nom) ibid. 44; 1350 Seydlinus (nom) ibid. 53; 1353 Sycz (nom) chlumecky 67; 1354 Seydlinus (nom) Rössler1 56
Middle High German
◑ 1335 Seydel (nom) Rössler1 41; c1338 Seidil (nom) ibid. 71; 1338 Seydel (nom) ibid. 65; c1339 Seidel (nom) ibid. 93; 1342 Seydl (nom) ibid. 98; 1349 Seydil (nom) ibid. 48; 1360 Seydlini (gen) ibid. 57; 1364 Seidel (nom) ibid. 59; 1365 Seidlini (gen) ibid. 58; 1370 Seidel (nom) ibid. 62
Estonia
Latin
● 1350 Siffridus (nom) Tiik1977 p. 288, Sywederus (nom) ibid. p. 288, Sywerdus (nom) ibid. p. 288
Middle Low German
● 1389 Segefred BbRT p. 340, Segefryd ibid. p. 339
◑ 1592 Sigga Tiik1977 p. 288
Finland
Early Modern Swedish
● 1548 Siffred (nom) Audén1980 p. 167, Siffrid (nom) ibid. p. 170
France
Latin
● c823 Sicfredus (nom) irminon-vol2 14, Wan, Sigefredus (nom) ibid. 33, Palatiolum; 952x993 Siefredo (abl) St-Bernard-Romans 132; 1350 Sigfrigdus (nom) SDHK no. 6017; 1378 Siffredo (dat) hanquetvol1 1270
Germany
Latin
● 822x875 Seuerit (nom) TradCorb §61, Sifrid (nom) ibid. §77, Sifridus (nom) ibid. §65, Sigifrido (abl) ibid. §137, Sigifridus (nom) ibid. §118; 1064 Sigifridi (gen) quix-vol1 92; 1076 Sigefridi (gen) ibid. 47; 1135 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 64; 1194 Sefridus (nom) ibid. 54; 1211 Sifridus (nom) hennes-vol1 11; 1214 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 15, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 15; 1214x15 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 19; 1215 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 18, Sifridus (nom) quix-vol2 126, Syffridus (nom) hennes-vol1 18; 1216 Sifrido (abl) ibid. 26, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 20; 1217 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 28, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 28; 1218 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 32, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 30; 1219 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 36, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 36; 1220 Sigfridi (gen) ibid. 44; 1221 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 58; 1222 Sifridi (gen) quix-vol1 74, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 74; 1225 Sifridus (nom) hennes-vol1 69; 1231 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 86; 1234 Syfridus (nom) ibid. 89; 1238 Sifridi (gen) CDL-1.1.1 XVII, Sifridus (nom) ibid. XVI; 1245 Sifridus (nom) hennes-vol1 118; 1249 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 131; 1253 Sifridus (nom) ibid. 147; 1254 Siffridus (nom) ibid. 154; 1255 Syfridus (nom) ibid. 157; 1258 Sifrido (abl) ibid. 172; 1259 Siffridus (nom) CDL-1.1.1 XXXI, Syfridus (nom) ibid. XXXI; 1342 Sifridus (nom) UrkHan 6; 1400 Seyfrido (abl) mairhofer DCLXVI; 1401 Sifrido (dat) HD1401 no. 193, Syfrido (dat) ibid. no. 60
Middle High German
● 1293 Sifrid (nom) UrkWitt-II 189
Early New High German
● 1409 Sifride (dat) UrkJen2 19, Syfird (nom) ibid. 19; 1418 Seyfried (nom) mairhofer DCCVII; 1497 Sewfrid Nurn1497 2527, Seyfrid ibid. 2184
◑ 1497 Seitz Nurn1497 548
Italy
Latin
● 1261 Sifridus (nom) FRA-XXXL 209
Latvia
Latin
● 1288 Siffridi (gen) RigSB 521; 1292 Siffridi (gen) ibid. 37; 1294 Siffrido (dat) ibid. 246; 1295 Sifrido (dat) ibid. 61; 1296 Sifridi (gen) ibid. 71; 1299 Sifrido (dat) ibid. 270; 1300 Sifrido (dat) ibid. 406, Sifridus (nom) ibid. 417; 1302 Siffrido (dat) ibid. 94; 1303 Siffrido (dat) ibid. 450; 1307 Ciffridus (nom) ibid. 289, Sifrido (dat) ibid. 113; 1309 Ciffridus (nom) ibid. 292
Poland
Middle High German
● 1332 Seifrieden (dat) SBGlatzer p. 3
◑ 1329x1330 Seidel SBGlatzer p. 2; 1336x1337 Zeidelmann ibid. p. 4
Spain
Latin
● 1019 Segfred (nom) CDCB-XV MMCLXXIV, Sicfre (nom) ibid. MMCLXXIV
Cite as: R. Le Get, S.L. Uckelman. "Sigfrid". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2016, no. 4. http://dmnes.org/2016/4/name/Sigfrid.