Sig (also found as Sieg) is a Germanic given name and name prefix (Sig-), meaning "victory". In Sweden, carriers of such names often get the nickname Sigge.
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Given Sig-names
Sigge – (nickname for given Sig-names)
Female given names
Sigdriva – ("victory driver")
Signe – ("victory new")
Sigrid – ("victory loved")
Sigrun – ("victory rune")
Male given names
Sigbjørn – ("victory bear")
Sigfrid, Siegfried – ("victory peace")
Sigmund, Siegmund, Sigismund – ("victory rower")
Sigsten, Sighsten, Sixten – ("victory stone")
Sigtrygg – ("victory trusty")
Sigurd, Sigvard – ("victory warden")
Notable people
Notable people with the given name include
Sig Andrusking (1913–1994), American football player
Sig Arno (1895–1975), German-Jewish film actor
Sig Broskie (1911–1975), American baseball player
Sig Gissler, American professor
Sig Grava (1934–2009), American scholar
Sig Gryska (1914–1994), American baseball player
Sig Hansen (born 1966), American captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern on the TV series Deadliest Catch
Sig Haugdahl (1891–1970), Norwegian racing driver
Sig Herzig (1897–1985), American screenwriter
Sig Jakucki (1909–1979), American baseball player
Sig Libowitz (born 1968), American lawyer
Sig Mejdal (born 1965), American baseball statisticians
Sig Rogich (born 1944), Icelandic-American businessman
Sig Ruman (1884–1967), German-American actor
Sig Shore (1919–2006), American film director
Fictional characters
Sig, a character from the Jak & Daxter video game series