Siegwald

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German sigu (“victory”) + Old High German walt (“power, authority”).[1][2]

Proper noun

Siegwald m (proper noun, strong, genitive Siegwalds)

  1. a male given name from Old High German[1]

Proper noun

Siegwald m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Siegwalds or (with an article) Siegwald, feminine genitive Siegwald, plural Siegwalds)

  1. a surname originating as a patronymic[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 S.L. Uckelman. "Sigwald". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heuser, Rita, Siegwald, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands
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