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The boy's name Sigmund \s(i)-gmu-

is pronounced SIG-mund. It is of Old German origin, and its meaning is "victorious hand or protector". Name of a character from Wagner's "Ring" cycle of operas, son of the god Wotan, who fathers Siegfried on his own sister, Sieglinde. A name made famous by the Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud.

Sigmund has 13 variant forms: Seigmond, Segismond, Siegmund, Sigismond, Sigismondo, Sigismund, Sigismundo, Sigismundus, Sigmond, Szymond, Zikmund, Zsigmond and Zygmunt.

Sigmund is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#15665 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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