Siegfried is a German-language male given name, composed from the Germanic elements sig "victory" and frithu "protection, peace".
The German name has the Old Norse cognate Sigfriðr, Sigfrøðr, which gives rise to Swedish Sigfrid (hypocorisms Sigge, Siffer), Danish/Norwegian Sigfred. In Norway, Sigfrid is given as a feminine name.
The name is medieval and was borne by the legendary dragon-slayer also known as Sigurd. It did survive in marginal use into the modern period, but after 1876 it enjoyed renewed popularity due to Wagner's Siegfried.
Notable people with the name include:
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Medieval
Siegfried, Count of Merseburg (died 937)
Siegfried I the Older, Count of Walbeck (died 990)
Siegfried, Count of the Ardennes (c. 922–998), founder of Luxembourg
Siegfried I, Count of Stade (before 929–after 961)
Siegfried (bishop of Piacenza) (died 1031)
Siegfried II, Count of Stade (c. 956–1037)
Sigfrid of Sweden (died 1045), English missionary to Sweden and patron saint of Växjö
Siegfried I, Count of Sponheim (c. 1010–1065)
Siegfried I (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1084)
Siegfried of Ballenstedt (c. 1075–1113)
Siegfried IV, Count of Northeim-Boyneburg and Homburg (fl. 12th century)
Siegfried (archbishop of Bremen) (1132–1184)
Siegfried III, Count of Weimar-Orlamünde (c. 1155 – 1206)
Siegfried II (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1230)
Siegfried III (archbishop of Mainz) (died 1249)
Siegfried I, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst (c. 1230 – 1298)
Siegfried II of Westerburg (before 1260–1297)
Siegfried II of Querfurt (died 1310)
Siegfried von Feuchtwangen (died 1311), 15th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights
Sigfrid of Pannonhalma (died 1365), Hungarian abbot
Modern
Siegfried Lipiner (1856–1911), Austrian poet and author
Siegfried Wagner (1869–1930), German composer, conductor, and opera director, son of Richard Wagner
Siegfried "Fritz" Flesch (1872–1939), Austrian saber fencer
Siegfried Translateur (1875–1944), Austrian composer of dance music
Siegfried Sassoon (1886–1967), English poet, named Siegfried by his mother because of her love of Wagner's operas
Siegfried Kracauer (1889–1966), German writer, journalist, sociologist, cultural critic, and film theorist
Siegfried Aram (1891–1978), German lawyer and cultural politician
Siegfried Bernfeld (1892–1953), Austrian psychologist, educator, and writer
Siegfried Kasche (1903–1947), German Nazi Storm Trooper officer and ambassador executed for war crimes
Siegfried Uiberreither (1908–1984), Austrian Nazi Gauleiter and Reichsstatthalter
Siegfried Fehmer (1911–1948), German Nazi Gestapo officer executed for war crimes
Siegfried Seidl (1911–1947), Austrian Nazi commander of the Theresienstadt concentration camp executed for war crimes
Siegfried Lowitz (1914–1999), German actor
Siegfried Rapp (1915–1982), one-armed German pianist
Fictional characters
Sigurd or Siegfried, the legendary dragon-slaying hero in Nibelungenlied
Siegfried, leading character in the opera of the same name
Die Nibelungen: Siegfried, the first of Fritz Lang's two-film series, Die Nibelungen
Siegfried, a character in History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi
Siegfried (Get Smart), fictional character in 1960s American spy comedy television series Get Smart
Siegfried, a principal character in the ballet Swan Lake
Siegfried Farnon, one of the main characters in All Creatures Great and Small
Siegfried, a character in the Soulcalibur series of fighting games
Dubhe Alpha Siegfried, Saint Seiya anime series character
Siegfried Kircheis, a character in the series of Japanese science fiction novels Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Siegfried, a recurring demon in the Shin Megami Tensei video game series
Siegfried, the Saber of Black in the anime Fate/Apocrypha
Siegfried of Denesle, a side character in the video game series The Witcher