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Signe
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English
Proper noun
Signe
- an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900
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Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Signe
- a female given name from Old Norse
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Signe
- a female given name
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Signe
- a female given name
Declension
Statistics
- Signe is the 587th (tied with 1 other name) most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 502 female individuals (and as a middle name to 505 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
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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
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.
Pronunciation
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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.
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