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
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Grammatical form
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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

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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.