Signhild
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Signhild är ett nordiskt namn, en sidoform till Signild, som är en ombildad form av Signelill, i folkvisorna brukad som smekform till → Signe
A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex
(measured from records)Officially recorded in 6 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026
/sɪnhɪld/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Signhild is a female given name written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in Sweden.
- NONorway
- SESweden
- DKDenmark
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)Signhild är ett nordiskt namn, en sidoform till Signild, som är en ombildad form av Signelill, i folkvisorna brukad som smekform till → Signe. Signhild kan också ha bildats i anslutning till andra namn på → -hild. I både den rikssvenska och finlandssvenska almanackan 23 augusti.
Cited for this meaning 1
- Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
- SESweden
- USUnited States
- NONorway
- DEGermany
- DKDenmark
No national register we accept counts this name’s bearers, so the page lists where it is found and publishes no figure.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Notable people with this name
(measured from records)- Signhild Johanssonb. 1864SESwedish suffragette
- Signhild Björkmanb. 1906SESwedish actress (1906-1994)
- Signhild Engkvistb. 1909SESwedish philanthropist (1909-2001)
- Signhild Arnegård Hansenb. 1960SESwedish businessperson
- Kakan Hermanssonb. 1981SEnot in their usual nameSwedish television presenter, radio host, comedian and artist
- Signhild Joensenb. 2000Faroese swimmer
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them
(machine-generated)A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence
(measured from records)11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 946 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 911 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 867 | — |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 863 | #1,885 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 830 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 787 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 751 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 714 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 679 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 631 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2008 | 603 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2009 | 560 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Signhild?
- A machine transcription gives /sɪnhɪld/ (IPA) for Norwegian.
- Is Signhild a male or female name?
- Signhild is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: Finland (DVV) and Norway (SSB).
- What does the name Signhild mean?
- Recorded meaning: Signhild är ett nordiskt namn, en sidoform till Signild, som är en ombildad form av Signelill, i folkvisorna brukad som smekform till → Signe.
- In which country does Signhild have the most bearers?
- Signhild is most frequently recorded in Sweden.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/signhildThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Signhild”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.