Entry № 9697 · Old Norse origin

Sigrun Sigrun — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

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Gender
Girl
Origin
Old Norse
Meaning
"Victory rune"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient (Old Norse)

A name that means "victory rune".

Sigrún (Sigrún) combines the Old Norse sigr (victory) and rún (secret, rune) — meaning "victory rune" or "secret of victory." In Norse mythology, Sigrún is a Valkyrie who loves the hero Helgi Hundingsbane.

Sigrún is widely used in modern Iceland.

Victory rune. The Valkyrie who loved Helgi.

The name in its native script.

Sigrún
Transliteration
Sigrún
Pronunciation
/ ˈsiː.ɡruːn /
Root
Grammatical form

What Sigrun is built from.

Sigrun is a compound name. Its parts are sigu + rún — each an attested element with a recorded meaning of its own.

sigu
Germanic
“victory”
rún
Old Norse
“secret lore, rune”

Where Sigrun stands.

Sigrun does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Sigruns before her.

Real people
Sigrún Davíðsdóttir
Icelandic journalist.
In fiction
Sigrún
Valkyrie of the Norse Eddas.
Poetic Edda

Names connected to Sigrun.

The number behind Sigrun.

7

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Sigrun reduce to 7, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.