The Name Stig - Its Meaning and Use Around the World

Stig, a boy's name originally comes from the norse times, from the name Stigr.This is a short for the name Stígandr which means the wanderer. Names day is September 13th. Stian has the same origin and meaning as Stig.
Its use in Scandinavia really became popular after WW2 and in the 60s and 70s its peak popularity became apparent. In this period as much as up to 1 % of the male babies were called Stig, either alone or with a middle name affixed to it.

The name is also used on a mountain range in the nortwestern part of Ukraine, Gora Stig as they call it in Ukraine. This part of Ukraine exhibits the most beautiful alpine landscape and is very popular amongst skiers of all ages.

Stig, is the name of a region in eastern Serbia as well, so the name has made some geographical impact, and one can begin to wonder what the reason for this is.
We will explore more into the meaning of the name Stig in both Ukrainian and Serbian to find out more about this. This will be covered in the next article about the name Stig.

Another use of the name became really visual through the BBC series, Top Gear. Their test driver and ultimate driving machine, The Stig. His identity kept secret as an illusion and some exitment to find his true name amongst the viewers, really can be expressed if you try a Google search with Stig or the Stig. You will find so many people ask for who this person is, and so many theories about this person.

As mysterious as the background of the name itself is, the use of it in various settings, really makes the name unique in many senses.

Any famous persons called Stig? Sure, history is full of them. Here we will give a list of few of them.
Stig Andersen Hvide, a 13th century Danish marsk and magnate
Stikkan Anderson, given name Stig, manager of the Swedish band ABBA
Stig Arild Råket, Swedish footballer
Stig Berge, Norwegian athlete
Stig Bergling, Swedish police officer and convicted Soviet agent
Stig Inge Bjørnebye, Norwegian footballer
Stig Blomqvist, Swedish rally driver
Stig Dagerman, Swedish author and journalist
Stig Dalager, Danish writer
Stig Fredriksson, former Swedish footballer
Stig Guldberg, founder of the Guldberg-Plan
Stig Gælok, Sami poet
Stig Roar Husby, former Norwegian athlete
Stig Guldberg, Danish officer and educationalist
Stig Johansen, Norwegian footballer
Stig Johansen, a member of the band The Sins of Thy Beloved
Stig Järrel, Swedish actor, film director and revue artist
Stig Lindberg, Swedish designer
Per Stig Møller, Danish politician
Stig O'Hara, a member of the fictional band The Rutles
Stig Olin, Swedish actor, theatre director and songwriter
Stig Saeterbakken, Norwegian author
Stig Strand, Swedish skier
Stig Strömholm, Swedish legal scholar
Stig Synnergren, Swedish general
Stig Tøfting, Danish footballer
Stig Vilhelmson, Swedish businessman
Stig Wennerström, a colonel in the Swedish Air Force convicted of treason in 1956
Stig Wetzell, former Swedish ice hockey player
Stig von Bahr, Swedish judge who sat on the European Court of Justice.

Other uses of the name Stig comes in form of the artistic arena, such as the Opera f.inst. made by Ole Olsen.
Another artistic use of the name is in the Evil Stig, a band featuring Joan Jett and the surviving members of The Gits.
A final use of the name is found in Stig's Inferno, a comic by Ty Templeton.

In the litterature we find use of the name as well in form of Stig of the Dump, a children's book and two TV series.

Another interesting place to find the name Stig used is in STIG, a fanzine dedicated to the League of Ireland association football team UCD.

More on the curious sides of usage of the name Stig, we enter the acronym usage. Security Technical Implementation Guide.(STIG), a methodology for standardized secure installation and maintenance of computer software and hardware.