Solveig

given name · Latin script

Meaning: zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/suːlʋɛɪ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Solveig is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • NONorway1 in 394(measured from records)
  • SESweden1 in 692
  • DKDenmark1 in 1.5K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Sweden (measured from records)

14,752 people

Sources
113 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 371 (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl. Vom. nordischer Herkunft (zu altnord. salr »Saal, Haus«; die Herleitung des zweiten

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

How Solveig is read(measured from records)

Solveig is one spelling over 5 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Norwegian23%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Solveig in Norwegian.

  • English18%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Solveig in English.

  • German16%

    zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl. Vom. nordischer Herkunft (zu altnord. salr »Saal, Haus«; die Herleitung des zweiten

    as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

  • French10%

    Prénom scandinave d’origine germanique, probablement de *sol* « soleil » + *veig* « force/chemin ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Nordique ancien, probablement «force de la maison» ou «chemin du soleil».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Prénom scandinave; souvent interprété comme « force du soleil ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

    Old Norse name, from sól 'sun' + veig 'strength, power'

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

    Variante étrangère rapprochée de Solange; sainte Solange, fêtée le 10 mai.

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

  • Danish9.2%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Solveig in Danish.

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Solveig counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Solveig is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#32614,7521 in 69215KSolveig55
NO Norway#13513,8801 in 39446KSolveig107
DK Denmark#2763,9161 in 1.5K3.9KSolveig89
FI Finland—1,6561 in 3.4K3.1KSolveig12
IS Iceland#5719451 in 3711KSolveig48

14,752 people counted by Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: SSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry); Hagstofa Íslands — Given-name frequency by population (2005). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Solveig is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Norway, United Kingdom

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Sólveig

  • French given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Norway

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Solveïg, Sólveig

  • a separate given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom

    Also written Sólveig

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sólveig, Solveïg

  • Russian given name10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Norway, Finland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Сольвейг, Солвейг, Solweig, Солвеиг, Сольвеиг

  • Hungarian given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Sweden

    Also written Sólveig

  • Croatian given name9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Croatia, Sweden

    Languages: Croatian, Bulgarian, Slovenian

    Also written Солвейг, Solveĭg, Sólveig

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Solveig Gunbjørg Jacobsen, b. 1913Maud Adams, b. 1945Solveig Torsvik, b. 1954Solveig Dommartin, b. 1961Solveig Pedersen, b. 1965Solveig Leithaug, b. 1966Solveig Kloppen, b. 1971Solveig Slettahjell, b. 1971Solveig Gulbrandsen, b. 1981Solveig Rogstad, b. 1982

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHei Solveig,Hi Solveig, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 51 sources across 25 countries.

Official registers attesting Solveig
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—46K#66
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201318K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201417K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201517K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201617K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—15K#296
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)202514K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20208.2K—
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—3.9K#164
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—3.1K#417
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—1.7K—
NO NorwaySSB — Navn (1880–present)2025178—

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Solveig?
A machine transcription gives /suːlʋɛɪ/ (IPA) for Norwegian.
What are other forms of the name Solveig?
In the etymology graph, Sylvi, Sølvi and Solvejg are forms of the same name in other languages.
What does the name Solveig mean?
Recorded meaning: zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl.
Is Solveig a male or female name?
Solveig is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Solveig have the most bearers?
In Sweden, the national register counted about 15 thousand people named Solveig, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled solveig.
Where is Solveig most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Solveig is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 371 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Solveig?
In Sweden, the national register counted 14,752 people named Solveig, about 1 in 692 residents.
How common is Solveig compared with other names?
In Sweden, Solveig is the 326th most common given name of 45,482 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Solveig” — the 326th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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