Signe
See also: signe and signé
English
Proper noun
Signe
- an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900
Anagrams
- Giens, Gines, Niges, gines, segni, sengi, singe
Danish
Etymology
Old Norse Signý. Name of heroines in Norse mythology.
Proper noun
Signe
- A female given name.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Swedish and Danish Signe.
Proper noun
Signe f
- A female given name.
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Signe was the only given name of 1562 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Signý.
Proper noun
Signe
- A female given name.
Swedish
Etymology
First recorded in Sweden in 1382. From Old Norse Signý. In Norse mythology the name of a princess who killed herself after her lover's death.
Proper noun
Signe c (genitive Signes)
- A female given name.
Usage notes
- Until the 19th century mainly used in Scania. Revived in the 19th century, popular around 1900 in Sweden, as well as in Denmark and Norway.