Danish

Proper noun

Solveig

1. A female given name.

Related terms

• Solvej, Solvejg

Faroese

Proper noun

Solveig f

1. A female given name

Declension

Norwegian

Etymology

From Old Norse salr ‎(“house", "hall”) + víg ‎(“strength”). Made popular by the heroine of Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt (1867).

Proper noun

Solveig

1. A female given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of women born in Norway in the 1920s.

Related terms

• Sylvi, Sølvi

Descendants

• Latvian: Solveiga

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 18 787 females with the given name Solveig living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 18th, 2011.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛj

Proper noun

Solveig

1. A female given name borrowed from Norwegian.

Related terms

• Solvig