Signe
English edit
Proper noun edit
Signe
- an asteroid discovered by Max Wolf on October 22, 1900
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Danish edit
Etymology edit
Old Norse Signý. Name of heroines in Norse mythology.
Proper noun edit
Signe
- a female given name
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Swedish and Danish Signe.
Proper noun edit
Signe
- a female given name
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Signe
- a female given name
Declension edit
Inflection of Signe (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Signe | Signet | ||
genitive | Signen | Signejen | ||
partitive | Signeä | Signejä | ||
illative | Signeen | Signeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Signe | Signet | ||
accusative | nom. | Signe | Signet | |
gen. | Signen | |||
genitive | Signen | Signejen Signeinrare | ||
partitive | Signeä | Signejä | ||
inessive | Signessä | Signeissä | ||
elative | Signestä | Signeistä | ||
illative | Signeen | Signeihin | ||
adessive | Signellä | Signeillä | ||
ablative | Signeltä | Signeiltä | ||
allative | Signelle | Signeille | ||
essive | Signenä | Signeinä | ||
translative | Signeksi | Signeiksi | ||
abessive | Signettä | Signeittä | ||
instructive | — | Signein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Statistics edit
- Signe is the 591st most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 483 female individuals (and as a middle name to 489 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1925. From Swedish and Danish Signe.
Proper noun edit
Signe f
- a female given name
References edit
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Signe
- a female given name
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
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Proper noun edit
Signe c (genitive Signes)
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- 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.