{{Short description|Masculine given name}} {{Other uses}} {{wiktionary|ziggy}} '''Ziggy''' is a masculine given name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Zigmunt and other names. It is also a nickname. Notable people with the name include:
{{TOC right}}
== Nickname or hypocorism == * Ziggy Gordon (born 1993), Scottish footballer * Ziggy Hood (born 1987), National Football League player * Ziggy Lichman (born 1981), a contestant on the reality TV show ''Big Brother'' UK, Season 8 * Ziggy Lorenc (born 1958), Canadian television and radio personality * Ziggy Marley (born 1968), Grammy-winning Jamaican musician; oldest son of Bob Marley * Ziggy Modeliste (born 1948), American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters * Ziggy Niszczot (born 1955), Australian former professional rugby league footballer * Ziggy Switkowski (born 1948), Australian businessman and nuclear physicist * Ziggy the bagman (born c. 1950), Zbygnew Marian Willzek, a homeless man who lives in Toowong, Brisbane, Australia
==Stage name== * Ziggy Alberts (born 1994), an Australian folk singer and songwriter * Ziggy Elman, stage name of American jazz trumpeter Harry Aaron Finkelman (1914–1968) * Ziggy Stardust, a 1970s persona of David Bowie (1947–2016), English musician, singer-songwriter, producer, actor and arranger * Ziggy Ramo (born Ziggy Ramo Burrmuruk Fatnowna), an Indigenous Australian singer, songwriter and activist
== Fictional characters == * Ziggy, a character in the video game ''Laura Bow 2'' * The title character of ''Ziggy'' (comic strip) * Ziggy Astoni, character from the Australian soap opera ''Home and Away'' * Ziggy (''EastEnders''), from the British soap opera ''EastEnders'' * Ziggy Sobotka, on the HBO drama ''The Wire'' * Ziggy, from the Icelandic children's television program ''LazyTown'' * Ziggy (''Quantum Leap''), from the American TV series ''Quantum Leap'' * Ziggy (''Xenosaga''), from the science fiction video game series ''Xenosaga'' * Demon King Ziggy from the Japanese manga ''Edens Zero'' * Ziggy Stardust (character), fictional alter ego of David Bowie * Ziggy Chapman from the HBO series Big Little Lies * Ziggy Pascal, character in British soap opera ''Family Affairs'' * Ziggy Roscoe, character in British soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' * Eric ''Ziggy'' Greaves A Character from the British children's television drama series Grange Hill * Ziggy, a character in the video game Fortnite *Ziggy, a character in the video game Brawl Stars
== As a female nickname == * Christine "Ziggy" Berman from ''Fear Street Part Two: 1978'' * Ziggy Karst, a Marvel Comics character and member of the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning
== Animals == * Ziggy (elephant) (1917–1975), an Indian elephant who lived at the Brookfield Zoo outside Chicago
== See also == * Zigi, Ghanaian singer * Ziggi Recado, reggae singer * Siggy (disambiguation) * Zig (disambiguation) * Zygi, village in Cyprus * Zygi (given name)
{{given name}}
Category:Masculine given names Category:Nicknames Category:Hypocorisms