The baby name Solveig is a Girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SOOL-vye.
Solveig is Old Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
The baby name Solveig is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced SOOL-vye.
Solveig is Old Norse, Scandinavian in Origin.
Solveig is a Scandinavian feminine name with its root in Old Norse, where the earliest regular form is Sólveig. It is usually interpreted as a compound of sól, sun, and veig, a noun connected with strength, power, or a strengthening drink; older scholarship has also linked the first element with salr, hall. The most literal traditional gloss is sun strength.
The name belongs chiefly to Norway, Iceland, Sweden, and Denmark, with spellings shaped by local orthography: Icelandic Sólveig, Danish Solvej, and Baltic Solveiga. Its best-known literary bearer is Solveig in Henrik Ibsen’s Peer Gynt, first staged in 1876, with Edvard Grieg’s Solveig’s Song giving the name wider European recognition. In modern Norway it has ranked within the Top 50, while in the United States it remains rare.
| Solveig Dommartin Solveig Dommartin was a French actress best known for starring in Wings of Desire and Until the End of the World. She began her career in theater, performing with Compagnie Timothee Laine and Theater Labor Warschau. |
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norway | Girls | 2025 | #24 | 178 | 453 |
| Iceland | Girls | 0 | #50 | 13 | 132 |
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| EE | Girls | 0 | #141 | 2 | 1,888 |
| DK | Girls | 0 | #146 | 209 | 7,429 |
| Sweden | Girls | 2022 | #148 | 32 | 1,568 |
| DK | 0 | #169 | 35 | 5,198 | |
| UY | 0 | #182 | 1 | 2,477 | |
| CZ | 0 | #186 | 1 | 3,154 | |
| HU | Girls | 0 | #225 | 1 | 3,308 |
| IR | 0 | #231 | 1 | 4,221 | |
| Canada | Girls | 2022 | #275 | 6 | 2,867 |
| SG | 0 | #282 | 1 | 11,010 | |
| Finland | Girls | 0 | #297 | 97 | 1,368 |
| Finland | Girls | 2026 | #331 | 877 | 3,895 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| France | Girls | 2021 | #359 | 47 | 3,185 |
| CN | Girls | 0 | #359 | 1 | 8,829 |
| Germany | 0 | #413 | 25 | 2,542 | |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| MX | 0 | #445 | 1 | 8,339 | |
| ZA | 0 | #473 | 2 | 14,421 | |
| CO | 0 | #509 | 2 | 7,768 | |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #520 | 4 | 11,913 |
| UY | Girls | 0 | #528 | 9 | 6,731 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #546 | 2 | 10,981 |
| Germany | Girls | 0 | #574 | 288 | 4,949 |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| SG | Girls | 0 | #632 | 1 | 18,916 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #643 | 3 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #650 | 1 | 16,104 |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #785 | 1 | 12,213 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #826 | 1 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #864 | 2 | 13,765 | |
| United States | Girls | 2024 | #894 | 23 | 8,487 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #909 | 7 | 14,098 |
| NL | Girls | 0 | #945 | 11 | 5,933 |
| Spain | Girls | 0 | #974 | 10 | 5,561 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,009 | 1 | 14,742 |
| PE | Girls | 0 | #1,010 | 1 | 14,861 |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| IT | Girls | 0 | #1,412 | 35 | 9,415 |
Solveig is popular in 37 countries — most recent births per country:
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