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Siegfried

Meaning — A Germanic masculine name composed of "sieg" meaning "victory" and "frid" meaning "peace" — thus "victorious peace" or "peace through victory". Siegfried is the central hero of Germanic legend, the dragon-slayer who bathes in dragon's blood to become invulnerable (except for a leaf-shaped spot on his back), and whose tragic murder drives the Nibelungenlied. Richard Wagner used the name for his operatic hero in the Ring Cycle.·Old High German origin·Male·ZEEG-freed

Siegfried Siegfried is the archetypal Germanic hero-name — its bearer is expected to be physically supreme, almost superhumanly courageous, and fatally trusting. Characters named Siegfried carry the weight of this tragic archetype: the greatest warrior brought down not by any enemy but by treachery and his own innocence. The name suits epic fantasy heroes, mythic protagonists, and figures whose greatness is inseparable from their vulnerability.

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FantasyMythologyHistorical FictionAdventure

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Siegfried

Das Nibelungenlied Anonymous (Middle High German)

The greatest hero of Germanic legend — dragon-slayer, possessor of the Nibelung treasure, and tragic victim of Hagen's treachery, whose death sets the catastrophic events of the second half of the epic in motion.


Variations & nicknames

SiegfriedSigurdSievertSigfrid

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Siegfried von XantenSiegfried AdlerSiegfried FalkenbergSiegfried SturmSiegfried RitterSiegfried Wolf

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