Enigma may refer to:

  • Riddle, someone or something that is mysterious or puzzling

Biology

  • ENIGMA, a class of gene in the LIM domain

Computing and technology

  • Enigma (company), a New York–based data-technology startup
  • Enigma machine, a family of German electro-mechanical encryption machines
  • Enigma, the codename for Red Hat Linux 7.2
  • Enigma (DVB), the second generation of Enigma software

Film

  • Enigma (1982 film), a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
  • Enigma (2001 film), a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
  • Enigma (2009 film), a short film by the Shumway Brothers
  • Enigma (2025 film), a documentary directed by Zackary Drucker

Literature

  • Enigma (novel), a 1995 novel by Robert Harris
  • Enigma (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
  • Enigma (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
  • Enigma (Vertigo), a title published by DC's imprint Vertigo
  • Enigma (book), a 2008 children's book by Graeme Base
  • Enigma (manga), a 2010 manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump
  • Enigma Cipher, a series from Boom! Studios
  • Enigma, a novel in The Trigon Disunity series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
  • "Enigma" and "An Enigma", two poems by Edgar Allan Poe
  • The Riddler, DC comics character whose full name abbreviates to E. Nigma

Music

  • Enigma (German band), an electronic music project founded by Michael Cretu
  • Enigma (British band), a 1980s band
  • Enigma Records, an American rock and alternative record label in the 1980s
  • Enigma Variations, 14 variations composed by Edward Elgar

Albums

  • Enigma (Ill Niño album) (2008)
  • Enigma, 2009 Jim Allchin album
  • Enigma (Tak Matsumoto album) (2016)
  • Enigma (Keith Murray album) (1996)
  • Enigma (Aeon Zen album) (2013)

Songs

  • "Enigma (Give a Bit of Mmh to Me)", 1978, by Amanda Lear
  • "Enigma", 2007, by Amorphis from Silent Waters
  • "Enigma", 2002, by Trapt from Trapt
  • "Enigma", 2014, by Within the Ruins from Phenomena
  • "Enigma II", 2024, sequel track from Phenomena II
  • "Enigma", 2020, by Lady Gaga from Chromatica

Places

  • Enigma, Georgia
  • Enigma, Tennessee
  • Enigma Peak, a mountain in Palmer Land, Antarctica

Television

  • Enigma (Derren Brown), a televised tour show
  • Enigma (Canadian TV series), a Biography Channel TV series
  • Enigma (Thai TV series), a television drama series
  • "Enigma" (NCIS), an episode of NCIS
  • "Enigma" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of Stargate SG-1
  • Enigma, a character from Nip/Tuck

Transport

  • Enigma (yacht), a private superyacht
  • Enigma Motorsport, a British motor-racing team

Video games

  • Enigma (1998 video game)
  • Enigma (2002 video game)
  • Enigma, a 2000 video game, clone of XOR
  • Enigma: Rising Tide, a 2003 video game
  • Enigma, a character from Dota 2
  • Enigma, a character from Jet Moto 2
  • "The Enigma", an episode of the video game Batman: The Enemy Within

Other uses

  • The Enigma (Doré), a 1871 painting by Gustave Doré
  • The Enigma (performer), American
  • Enigma (roller coaster), Pleasurewood Hills, Suffolk, England
  • Copenhagen Post & Tele Museum (Enigma - Museum for Post, Tele og Kommunikation), the national Danish postal museum
  • The Enigma, a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
  • Enigma, mathematical puzzles published in New Scientist 1979–2013
  • The Enigma (diamond), the world's largest cut diamond

See also

  • Ænigma (disambiguation)
  • Enigmata (disambiguation)
  • Enigmatic (disambiguation)
  • Lady Gaga Enigma, a concert residency
  • Publius Enigma, an unsolved Internet puzzle
  • 23 enigma, a belief in the significance of number 23