Sigmund

Where Sigmund comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sigmund.

Sigmund through the years
  1. 1856
    Sigmund Freud born
    Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis
  2. 1886
    First appearance
    #959 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1912
    Peak, #428
    83 babies named Sigmund, its best rank.
  4. 1925
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,091.
  5. 1937
    Sigmund Jähn born
    East German cosmonaut
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Sigmund Freud · Austrian psychiatrist and founder of psychoanalysis, 1856–1939
  • Sigmund Jähn · East German cosmonaut, 1937–2019
  • Sigmund Rascher · German Schutzstaffel doctor, 1909–1945
  • Sigmund Haringer · German footballer, 1908–1975
  • Sigmund Ruud · Norwegian ski jumper, 1907–1994

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.