Old Norse origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “wanderer”
From Old Norse Stígandr meaning "wanderer".
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- Wiktionary: StigandCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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01 / Meaning & origin
Stigand is a masculine given name documented in Old English. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Stígandr, with the stated meaning “wanderer”.
Meaning: “wanderer”
From Old Norse Stígandr meaning "wanderer".
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STIGAND— “mounting”
There are two words which may be said to form names of progress, the German _gang_, from to go, sometimes commencing as in Gangolf, but more usual at the end of a word; and the Northern _stig_, from the universal root _stig_, found in the Greek ἔστιχον, and in our step and stile, also stairs, for the usual sense of the word implies mounting upwards; and the name of the semi-Danish archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Harold, and was one of the Conqueror’s lifelong captives,…
There are two words which may be said to form names of progress, the German _gang_, from to go, sometimes commencing as in Gangolf, but more usual at the end of a word; and the Northern _stig_, from the universal root _stig_, found in the Greek ἔστιχον, and in our step and stile, also stairs, for the usual sense of the word implies mounting upwards; and the name of the semi-Danish archbishop of Canterbury who crowned Harold, and was one of the Conqueror’s lifelong captives, was the participle Stigand, mounting, and was long extant in the North, as well as the Danish Styge and Stygge.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter VI (Descriptive Names), Section X (Life) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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