Sigurd

Where Sigurd comes from

Sigurd hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1089
    Sigurd the Crusader born
    King of Norway from 1103 to 1130
  2. 1133
    Sigurd II of Norway born
    king of Norway
  3. 1890
    First appearance
    #884 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1891
    Peak, #700
    8 babies named Sigurd — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1894
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Sigurd the Crusader · King of Norway from 1103 to 1130, 1089–1130
  • Sigurd II of Norway · king of Norway, 1133–1155
  • Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye · legendary King of Denmark, 801–891
  • Sigurd Hoel · Norwegian writer, 1890–1960
  • Sigurd Rushfeldt · Norwegian footballer, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.