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Signe

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See also: signe and signé

English

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Proper noun

Signe

  1. an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900

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Danish

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Etymology

Old Norse Signý. Name of heroines in Norse mythology.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. a female given name from Old Norse

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish and Danish Signe.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. a female given name

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish Signe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsiɡne/, [ˈs̠iɡne̞]
  • Rhymes: -iɡne
  • Syllabification(key): Sig‧ne
  • Hyphenation(key): Sig‧ne

Proper noun

Signe

  1. a female given name

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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

  1. 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

Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Old Norse Signý.

Proper noun

Signe

  1. a female given name

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

  1. 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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