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 Salén (1871–1963), Swedish doctor
  • Signe Scheel (1860–1942), Norwegian painter
  • Signe Torborg Schmidt-Nielsen (1878–1959), Swedish-Norwegian physicist and nutritionist
  • 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 Wenneberg (born 1968), Danish politician
  • Signe Weisert (1923–2000), Norwegian politician
  • Signe Wilkinson (born 1950), American editorial cartoonist
  • Signe Wirff (1887–1956), Swedish actress

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