Girl · Old Norse
Hallveig
Say it: HAHL-vay
Meaning
From Old Norse hallr 'rock, stone' and veig, of uncertain meaning.
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Borne by Iceland's first settler woman according to the Landnámabók.
Its wave through time
No birth counts are recorded for this name in the records loaded here: it has been given to fewer than five babies a year, or not at all, since records began.
Through the ages
- The Viking and Anglo-Saxon Age700 to 1100
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
Famous bearers
- Hallveig Fróðadóttir, wife of Ingólfr Arnarson, Iceland's first settler
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
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