Sigourney

plural Sigourneys · alternative Sigournay

1. rareA surname from French.
2. rareA male given name transferred from the surname.

   “Please come and see me. . . . Phone book. . . . Under the name of Mrs. Sigourney Howard. . . . My aunt. . . .” [In the novel, "Mrs. Sigourney Howard" means "the wife of Mr. Sigourney Howard".]

   1925, F[rancis] Scott Fitzgerald, chapter 3, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, published 1953, →ISBN

3. rareA female given name transferred from the surname.

   The actress Sigourney Weaver took her ‘stage’ name from Sigourney Howard, a minor character mentioned in The Great Gatsby. But what is also worth noting is the fact that the character’s name, ‘Mrs Sigourney Howard’, actually refers to the husband, so Sigourney is a male given name in the novel.

   2015, Interesting Literature, Five Fascinating Facts about The Great Gatsby

4. A small city, the county seat of Keokuk County, Iowa, United States.