Revision History

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12/1/2024, 10:33 PM Mike C sigourney update #117
6/9/2023, 2:32 PM Mike C sigourney added (from user-submitted name 41645)
12/18/2022, 8:48 PM better_nit_bitter 41645
5/14/2021, 9:15 AM LMS 41645 merge 2 names
5/14/2021, 9:14 AM LMS 41645
3/16/2018, 7:02 AM LMS 239370
7/14/2016, 9:14 AM anonymous 239370 initial state of 239370
4/23/2015, 5:37 AM LMS 41645
10/3/2012, 9:46 PM Frollein Gladys 41645
4/1/2011, 4:32 PM babycrookston 41645 initial state of 41645

Gender Feminine
Usage English
Pronounced Pron. /sɪ.ˈɡɔɹ.ni/(American English) /sɪ.ˈɡɔː.ni/(British English)

Meaning & History

From an English surname that was derived from the French town of Sigournais, called Segurniacum in medieval Latin, itself of unknown meaning. The American actress Sigourney Weaver (1949-), real name Susan, adopted this name in 1963 after the minor character Sigourney Howard in F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby (1925).