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Pronounced /'sɪŋ.nɛ/ (SING-neh) in Swedish. [noted -ed]
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My grandmother, Signe, is from Denmark, and to my American ears it sounds like she pronounces it “seen-yuh.”.
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It brings me SUCH joy to read everyone's sweet comments about this name. I LOVE this name! We named our youngest daughter Signey (born in 2010) after my Great-Grandmother who was from Stockholm and moved to the US in 1919 with her husband, Thure (TOUR-reh) and their only daughter, (my grandmother) Alice, who was 18 months at the time. Of course this makes it special to me, but I love that my husband was on board to name our sweet little girl such a unique name. (NO ONE here in the Midwestern US (Illinois) has this name - even as a middle name.) I looked up the meaning when I was pregnant with her and read [somewhere] that it means "Victorious sign from God". Which was perfect since we were told we couldn't have children after our first two.
Now, as you can see, we did (most hesitantly) add a 'y' at the end so that it would have an easier to read/pronounce phonetic spelling (SIG-nee) (for her sake) but now I wish we hadn't because I think the original spelling is much more elegant.
Sig turned 16 in October (2021) and no one bats an eye at her name and - better still - SHE doesn't mind it. :) (Although she often receives her coffees from Starbucks with the name 'Sydney' written on them. (lol!)
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Now, as you can see, we did (most hesitantly) add a 'y' at the end so that it would have an easier to read/pronounce phonetic spelling (SIG-nee) (for her sake) but now I wish we hadn't because I think the original spelling is much more elegant.
Sig turned 16 in October (2021) and no one bats an eye at her name and - better still - SHE doesn't mind it. :) (Although she often receives her coffees from Starbucks with the name 'Sydney' written on them. (lol!)
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I'm in the US and heard it pronounced "SIG-nee". I think it's a beautiful name, and I love how many different ways there is to say it from around the world.
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I love this name. It's so simple yet elegant.
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My name is Signe, after my Norwegian great grandmother, and my Norwegian relatives pronounce it Sing-neh. English speakers pronounce it Sig-na, French colleagues say Seen-yeh. I correct people if they ask me but have got used to everyone saying it differently. I think the Norwegian pronunciation is the softest and prettiest.
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Signe is also Finnish. The name day for Signe in Finland is August 23.
Sources: https://forebears.io/x/forenames/signe
https://www.names.org/n/signe/about (I think)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe
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Sources: https://forebears.io/x/forenames/signe
https://www.names.org/n/signe/about (I think)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signe
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My great grandmother from Norway was named Signe and it was pronounced Sig-nee.
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Signe is also Finnish and Estonian. The name day for Signe in Finland is August 23. The name day for Signe in Estonia is August 23.
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In Sweden it is pronounced sing-NEH with emphasis on the latter syllable. My grandmother and my dog share this name :)
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Also used in Latvia: https://www.pmlp.gov.lv/lv/sakums/statistika/personvardu-datu-baze/?id=137&query=Signe [noted -ed]
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I like it. Norwegian and Swedish names interest me lately. This name along with Margrete is my favorite. Sing-neh sounds nice.
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I think it depends on where you're from, when it comes to pronunciation. One of my closest friends pronounces it SING-neh. She is born in and from Norway and has always pronounced it that way. Though I've heard people pronounce it differently in other parts of the country, but in our region it is pronounced this way.
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My name is Signe and pronounce it as Sig-nee. I’m named after a great aunt who was born in Sweden and immigrated to the US when she was a child. She went by her middle name, Marie. I’m guessing because it was hard for others to pronounce or she was trying to fit in. Not really sure. Anyway, I had a roommate in college who was from Norway. I asked her how it’s pronounced there. She said See-nuh. I loved it, but she wouldn’t call me that. She said that my name is Sig-nee and she liked it better.
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I live in Latvia, where it's pronounced SIG-neh and I was really surprised when I read it in English.
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This name is very pretty and not common. I like it a lot!
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In the US, I've heard this pronounced SIG-nee.
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My name is Signe, my father is from Norway and my mother is half Norwegian. I was named after a favorite cousin of my father. We have other Signes in the family in Norway. My name is pronounced Sig-neh in Norway. In the US I have always been called Sig-nee, I believe because it is similar to the popular Courtney, Britney, Tiffany etc., I don't correct people on the pronunciation of my name. I do a lot of international business and it has been fun to be able to guess when someone asks for me if they are Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, or an Icelander, each region of Scandinavia seems to pronounce Signe differently. The French also have a name Signe which seems to be pronounced Sin-ae, at least that is what my French customers always seem to say. I was told the name means conquering perception, or victory.
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Signe Tait was a character from Denmark in Lilian Jackson Braun's second novel, "The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern" (1967).
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Might be pronounced SAY-nee.
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I've met a girl who pronounces this sig-nee.
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I just love this name! It's classic and simple but not boring.
Pronounced SING-neh.
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Pronounced SING-neh.
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This was my granmother's name, and here in Norway it's pronounced SIG-neh.
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Signe Hasso, Swedish-born actress.
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My name is Signe, and I live in Denmark. Here the name is pronounced "SEE-nu", with the E in the end sounding almost like the O in 'world' and the U in 'curl'.
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The G is not hard, it is SING-neh, not SIG- and never an A sound, no matter where you live in Sweden.
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About if it's like an "e" or an "a" on the end: I think this depends on where you live. I always spell it with "e", but maybe in other parts of Sweden it's spelled with an "a" on the end.
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Signe Hammarsten-Jansson was a Swedish illustrator, mother of Tove Jansson, creator of the Moomintrolls.
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The Swedish pronunciation of Signe is "SING-neh" (almost like "SING-nay").
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Ylva, I think most of the people in Sweden pronounce it Sig-neh but not with an "a" sound. I like the name anyway.
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Actually one of my best friend's name is Signe and it is pronounced Sig-nee with an e sound instead of a.
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I noticed there was no comments in re:name pronunciation! This name has an unusual pronunciation of "Sig-neh" almost with an "a" sound at the end.
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