Old Norse given name
Sigtrygg (Sigtryggr) is an Old Norse given name, composed of the elements sig 'victory' and trygg 'trusty, true'. It is cognate with the Anglo-Saxon Sihtric.
In Norse-Gaelic Ireland (9th to 11th centuries) rendered as Sitric or Sihtric (the patronymic Sigtryggsson as mac Sitriuc).
The name is only rarely given in modern Scandinavian countries; it is mostly encountered in Iceland, in the form Sigtryggur, with 99 entries for the name in the Icelandic white pages as of 2013.[1]
- ^ Símaskrá (official Icelandic phonebook) ja.is;
the Swedish form Sigtrygg is on record for three individuals in Sweden and four in Finland; the Icelandic form Sigtryggur by three individuals in Denmark and one in Sweden.
Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/ ;
Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk ;
Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi