Entry № 9670 · Germanic origin

Sieglinde Sieglinde — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ZEEG-lin-duh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Germanic
Meaning
"Victory shield (Wagner Die Walküre Sieglinde)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Medieval (Germanic)

A name that means "victory shield (wagner die walküre sieglinde)".

Sieglinde is from the Old High German sigu (victory) + lind (soft, tender — also the linden tree). Sieglinde in Germanic mythology — appears throughout the iconic medieval Germanic Nibelungenlied (c. Sieglinde Hofmann — modern Austrian historical figure. Princess Sieglinde — Germanic heritage naming.

Victory shield (Germanic).

The name in its native script.

Sieglinde
Transliteration
Sieglinde
Pronunciation
/ ˈziːɡ.lɪn.də /
Root
Grammatical form

What Sieglinde is built from.

Sieglinde is a compound name. Its parts are lind — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

lind
Germanic
“gentle; linden shield”

Where Sieglinde stands.

Sieglinde does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sieglindes before her.

Real people

In fiction
Sieglinde (Wagner)
Iconic Die Walküre 1870 heroine.
1870

Names connected to Sieglinde.

The number behind Sieglinde.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sieglinde reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.