# Signe

Signe or Signy is a feminine given name used in the Nordic and Baltic countries, derived from Old Norse sigr (victory) and nýr (new), which may refer to:
* Signe (Finnish princess), a legendary Finnish princess
* Signy, two heroines in Norse mythology and two lesser-known characters in Norse sagas
* Signy Aarna (born 1990), Estonian footballer
* Signe Amundsen (1899–1987), Norwegian operatic soprano
* Signy Arctander (1895–1971), Norwegian statistician and economist
* Signe Asmussen (born 1970), Danish singer
* Signe Baumane (born 1964), Latvian animator, artist, illustrator and writer
* Signe Bergman (1869–1960), Swedish suffragette
* Signe Brander (1869–1942), Finnish photographer
* Signe Bro (born 1999), Danish swimmer
* Signe Brunnström (1898–1988), Swedish-American physiotherapist, scientist and educator
* Signe Bruun (born 1998), Danish footballer
* Signy Coleman (born 1960), American actress
* Signy Stefansson Eaton (1913–1992), Canadian socialite, art collector and philanthropist
* Signy Fardal (born 1961), Norwegian editor-in-chief of Elle magazine
* Signe Gaupset (born 2005), Norwegian footballer
* Signe Giebelhausen (1811–1879), Danish-Norwegian actress
* Signe Häggman (1863–1911), Finnish pioneer of physical education of the disabled
* Signe Hammarsten-Jansson (1882–1970), Swedish-Finnish graphic artist
* Signe Hasso (1915–2002), Swedish actress
* Signe Hebbe (1837–1925), Swedish singer and actress
* Signý Hermannsdóttir (born 1979), Icelandic basketball player
* Signe Hofgaard (1901–1998), Norwegian dancer, choreographer and organizational leader
* Signe Horn Fuglesang (born 1938), Norwegian art historian and professor
* Signe Hornborg (1862–1916), Finnish architect (possibly the first qualified female architect)
* Signe Howell (born 1942), Norwegian social anthropologist
* Signe Iversen (born 1956), Norwegian Sami language consultant and children's author
* Signe Johansson-Engdahl (1905–2010), Swedish diver
* Signe Kivi (born 1957), Estonian textile artist and politician
* Signe Klinting (born 1990), Danish orienteer
* Signe Kongebro (born 1972), Danish architect and educator
* Signe Livbjerg (February 1980), Danish sport sailor
* Signe Lund (1868–1950), Norwegian composer
* Signe Nielsen, American landscape architect
* Signe Øye (born 1945), Norwegian politician
* Signe Paisjärv (1940–2016), Estonian table tennis player
* Signe Pierce (born 1989), American multimedia artist-performer
* Signe Relander (1886—1962), First Lady of Finland (1925—1931)
* Signe Rink (1836–1909), Danish writer and ethnologist
* Signe Ronka (born 1988), Latvian-Canadian figure skater
* Signe Scheel (1860–1942), Norwegian painter
* Signe Marie Stray Ryssdal (1924–2019), Norwegian lawyer and politician
* Signe Søes (born 1983), Danish orienteer
* Signe Marie Store (born 1995), Norwegian freestyle wrestler
* Signe Svendsen (born 1974), Danish singer
* Signe Swensson (1888–1974), Norwegian physician and politician
* Signe Toksvig (1891–1983), Danish writer
* Signe Tollefsen (born 1981), American-Dutch singer-songwriter
* Signe Toly Anderson (1941–2016), American singer of Jefferson Airplane
* Signe Trosten (born 1970), Norwegian biathlete
* Signe Veiteberg, Norwegian fashion model
* Signe Weisert (1923–2000), Norwegian politician
* Signe Wilkinson (born 1950), American editorial cartoonist
* Signe Wirff (1887–1956), Swedish actress