# Sigourney

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /sɪˈɡɔː(ɹ)ni/ · frequency rank #57,710

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A female given name transferred from the surname.
4. A small city, the county seat of Keokuk County, Iowa, United States.

## Etymology
According to Ernest Nègre in his book Toponymie générale de la France (1990), the French placename Sigournais comes from Old French Segurniaci, which itself has been derived from Latin Secorinus + -acum. So it appears that the resemblance to Germanic dithematic names starting with *segaz is superficial.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sigourney