Sig (given name)

Sig (also found as Sieg) is a Germanic given name and name prefix (Sig-), meaning "victory". In Sweden, carriers of such names often get the nickname Sigge.

Given Sig-names

  • Sigge – (nickname for given Sig-names)

Female given names

  • Sigdriva – ("victory driver")
  • Signe – ("victory new")
  • Sigrid – ("victory loved")
  • Sigrun – ("victory rune")

Male given names

Historical forms

  • Se-, See-
  • Seg-, Segel-, Segi-
  • Sei-, Sey-
  • Si-, Sí-
  • Sic-
  • Sie-
  • Sieg-, Sig-, Sigh-
  • Sigan-
  • Sige-
  • Sigi-, Sigis-
  • Sigr-
  • Sigo-
  • Sigu-, Sigur-
  • Sii-
  • Siigg-
  • Sio-, Sjo-, Sju-, Sjug-
  • Sy-, Syg-
  • Sä-
  • Søg-
  • Zei-

Notable people

Notable people with the given name include

  • Sig Andrusking (1913–1994), American football player
  • Sig Arno (1895–1975), German-Jewish film actor
  • Sig Broskie (1911–1975), American baseball player
  • Sig Gissler, American professor
  • Sig Grava (1934–2009), American scholar
  • Sig Gryska (1914–1994), American baseball player
  • Sig Hansen (born 1966), American captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern on the TV series Deadliest Catch
  • Sig Haugdahl (1891–1970), Norwegian racing driver
  • Sig Herzig (1897–1985), American screenwriter
  • Sig Jakucki (1909–1979), American baseball player
  • Sig Libowitz (born 1968), American lawyer
  • Sig Mejdal (born 1965), American baseball statisticians
  • Sig Rogich (born 1944), Icelandic-American businessman
  • Sig Ruman (1884–1967), German-American actor
  • Sig Shore (1919–2006), American film director
Fictional characters
  • Sig, a character from the Jak & Daxter video game series
  • Sig, a character from the Puyo Puyo video game series

See also