Sigifredo
Masculine · “victory and peace”
Sigifredo is the Spanish form of the Germanic Siegfried, and it keeps the older front the name had before German spelling changed it: sigi, victory. The name belongs to the hero of the Nibelungenlied, the dragon-slayer made proof against weapons by the dragon's blood everywhere except one spot between his shoulders, where a linden leaf had fallen.
How old is the name Sigifredo?
Sigifredo first appears in US birth records in 1924 — 101 years ago. The typical Sigifredo alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 500 people named Sigifredo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sigifredo most popular?
Sigifredo peaked in 1969, reaching #2549 nationally. See the whole 1969 chart.
Where it comes from
From Old High German sigi + fridu to Sigifredo
The story of Sigifredo
Old High German wrote the word for victory as sigi; later German lengthened the vowel and spelled it Sieg, so Sigifrid became Siegfried. The Spanish form follows the medieval Latin Sigifridus and keeps the older vowel. In the Nibelungenlied, written down around 1200, Siegfried bathes in the blood of the dragon he has killed, but a linden leaf covers one place on his back. His wife Kriemhild, trying to protect him, sews a cross on his clothing to mark the spot, and Hagen uses it to kill him.
Meaning
victory and peace
Siegfried joins two Old High German words: sigi, victory, and fridu, peace or protection.
How the name formed
- Old High German sigi + fridu
- Sigifrid
- Siegfried
- Sigifredo
Related forms: Siegfried · Sigfrido
Pronouncing Sigifredo
see-hee-FREH-doh
Spanish says the g before i as a breathy h. English readers will often say sig-ih-FRAY-doh.
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1924
- Most boys named
- 200118 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2549reached in 1969
- Change vs 2016
- +20.0%6 in 2018, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Sigifredo in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Siegfried in German — related form
- Sigfrido in Italian — related form
Sigifredos among us
people named Sigifredo are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Sigifredo sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- A clear, settled meaning: victory and peace.
- Ties to one of the great heroes of medieval German poetry.
- Recognizably Spanish while keeping its Germanic root on show.
- English speakers will say the g as in go, and the name will need spelling and saying.
- Siegfried's story ends in betrayal and murder; the association is literary and very old.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sigifredos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Sigifredo are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Sigifredo in 2025?
- Sigifredo is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
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- Sigifredo will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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