# Sigismund (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sigismund/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 138 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 138 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 12 | 2,288 |
| 1916 | 11 | 2,516 |
| 1917 | 15 | 2,079 |
| 1918 | 13 | 2,381 |
| 1919 | 7 | 3,693 |
| 1920 | 19 | 1,877 |
| 1921 | 9 | 3,182 |
| 1922 | 15 | 2,226 |
| 1923 | 12 | 2,595 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,275 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,785 |
| 1926 | 6 | 4,124 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,411 |

## People named Sigismund

- Carl Sigismund Kunth, German botanist (1788–1850)
- Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria, Archduke of Further Ausrtia (1630-1665)
- Sigismund, Duke of Bavaria, Bavarian duke
- Sigismund von Neukomm, Austrian composer and pianist (1778–1858)
- Prince Sigismund of Prussia, German military personnel (1896–1978)
- Sigismund Koelle, German academic (1820-1902)
- Sigismund von Kollonitz, Austrian cardinal (1677-1751)
- Sigismund von Schrattenbach, Archbishop of Salzburg
- Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Austrian archduke (1826-1891)
- Friedrich Sigismund Leuckart, German naturalist (1794-1843)
- Sigismund Gelenius, Bohemian humanist and scholar (1497–1554)
- Sigismund Friedrich Hermbstädt, German chemist and pharmacist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.