Sigrid
[ˈsɪɡrɪd]Meaning
from Old Norse Sigríðr, sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, beloved"
Background Story
Sigrid is a Scandinavian women's given name that comes from the Old Norse Sigríðr, made up of sigr, "victory", and fríðr, "beautiful, beloved". The name is used in Icelandic, Latvian and Old Norse, and its modern Scandinavian forms are Norwegian, Danish and Swedish Sigrid. Common short forms are Siri, Sigga, Sig and Sigi, with Siiri as an Estonian and Finnish variant and Zigrīda as the Latvian version.
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