Girl · Old Norse
Solveig
Say it: SOOL-vay
Meaning
From Old Norse sól 'sun' and veig, of uncertain meaning (perhaps 'strength' or 'drink').
Uncertainseveral explanations, none settled.
Revived in Norway after Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1867), whose Solveig's Song Grieg set to music.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 928 babies given this name since 1909
- At its height in 1913, about 1 in 52,000 girls
- 21 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Solvei
| Icelandic | Sólveig |
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Famous bearers
- Solveig, faithful heroine of Ibsen's Peer Gynt
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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