Sigurd

Sigurd is saga royalty. Built from the Old Norse sigr, victory, and vordr, guardian, it means guardian of victory, and it belongs to the dragon-slaying hero at the heart of the Volsunga Saga and, later, Wagner's Ring Cycle, where he appears as Siegfried. Norwegian kings named Sigurd ruled in the Middle Ages, including Sigurd the Crusader who led the first Scandinavian crusade. Two solid syllables, a deep u in the middle. It reads epic without feeling theatrical, the name of someone who takes long walks and reads old books. Rare enough in contemporary Norway to feel genuinely distinctive. Sigurd is quiet nobility, north-facing and unbothered.