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Meaning, origin and history of the name Sigeweard

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Gender Masculine

Meaning & History

Derived from the Old English elements sige "victory" and weard "guard, guardian", making it a cognate of Sigurd.

Other Languages & CulturesSigurd(Danish) Sjoerd, Sieuwerd(Dutch) Sjoerd(Frisian) Siegward(German) Sigiward, Siward(Germanic) Sigurður(Icelandic) Sievert(Low German) Sigurd, Sigurðr(Norse Mythology) Sigurd, Sivert, Sjurd(Norwegian) Sigiwardaz(Old Germanic) Sigurðr(Old Norse) Sigurd, Sigvard, Sigge, Sivert(Swedish)

Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England, available from http://www.pase.ac.uk/jsp/index.jsp.
Searle, William George. Onomasticon Anglo-Saxonicum. Cambridge, 1897, page 423.