Solveig name meaning

By Nishant Saini

Updated: March 16th, 2024

Gender: Girl

Origin: Old Norse and Nordic

Usage: German, Scandinavian, English, French, Faroese, Icelandic, Greenlandic, Finnish, Swedish, Danish and Norwegian

Pronunciation: SOLE-vay

Meaning: House, Hall, Strength, Path of the Sun and Struggle

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What does Solveig mean?
Variations of Solveig
How popular is Solveig?
Popularity Chart
Similar Names to Solveig
Famous People Named Solveig
Lists having Solveig

What does Solveig mean?

Majorly used in Faroese, Norwegian, Scandinavian, German, Finnish, Greenlandic, Danish, English, Swedish, Icelandic and French unheard-of, Solveig has origin in Old Norse and Nordic, meaning of Solveig is "House, Hall, Strength, Path of the Sun or Struggle" is used for baby girls.

Solveig is variant form of Sǫlveig. Also Sǫlveig is another transcription of SOL;VEIG. Solveig is German and Scandinavian cognate of Solveig.

How do I pronounce Solveig?

One syllabled Solveig is most commonly pronounced as SOLE-vay with emphasis on first SOLE syllable. The name can also be pronounced as s(o)-lveig or sol-veig.

Variants of Solveig

Salmøy, Sǫlveig, Salme

Names that rhyme with Solveig

How popular is the name Solveig?

Solveig is a familiar baby name in France, it has been in use since 1950 and was able to reach the top 700 names. In 1974, it achieved its highest ever ranking of 614 on girl names chart when 77 babies were named Solveig.

Over 1525 babies in France have been named Solveig. The moniker is an uncommon baby name in United States, although it has been in use since 1909 but could not make beyond the top 2000.

There are over 878 babies that have been given the name Solveig in United States.

But Solveig is a popular baby name in Norway where every 1 in 300 have the name as well as in Sweden.

At least, 40000 people globally have carried Solveig as their given name according to our evaluation.

Year	Rank	Births
2018	6735	17
2017	6244	19
2016	5749	22
2015	6016	21
2014	6192	20

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Solveig in Nordic countries

Countries	Women
Countries	First Name	Secondary Name
	49	54
	0	3045

What numerology tells about Solveig?

You are fully devoted to the people you care for but to get to this point with a person, it takes a lot of time and effort. You always hope your intuition is wrong and give people a chance to earn your trust. Reason behind your depressive episodes that occur occasionally is being way too sensitive. To focus on unproductive things such as hanging around late make you feel like you are losing precious time.

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Famous people named Solveig

Solveig Krey, Norwegian naval officer
Solveig Pedersen, former Norwegian cross-country skier
Solveig Fiske, bishop in the Church of Norway
Solveig Hoogesteijn, noted Venezuelan motion picture writer
Solveig Kloppen, Norwegian journalist, actress and TV hostess
Solveig Hellquist, Swedish Liberal People's Party politician
Solveig Kringlebotn, internationally known Norwegian operatic soprano
Solveig Gulbrandsen, Norwegian footballer currently playing for Kolbotn of the Toppserien
Solveig Dommartin, French actress

Solveig Sollie, Norwegian politician for the Christian People's Party
Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, first person to be born and raised south of the Antarctic Convergence
Solveig Slettahjell, Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful
Solveig Melkeraaen in Flink Pike as Director
Solveig Andersson in Thriller - en grym film as Actress
Solveig Walking in A Few Best Men as Actress
Solveig Andreassen in tvMiniSeries Benoni & Rosa as Actress
Solveig Gladvedt portrayed central role of Claire Staalhammer in 1918 drama, romance movie Revolutionens datter.
Solveig Hedengran played minor character of N in 1928 drama movie Ådalens poesi.
In 1929, Solveig Oderwald-Lander characterized the role of His Daughter in comedy flick Hallo! Afrika forude!.

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