Solveig

given name · Norwegian Bokmål · Latin script

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

Solveig is a given name, with more bearers in Sweden than in any other country. In Norway it is the 74th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Norwegian Bokmål and Danish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl.

rarermore common
  • ISIceland1 in 282◐
  • NONorway1 in 394
  • SESweden1 in 692

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈38K ●

across 13 countries

Sources
106 ●

9.2K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 282 ◐

Iceland

Meaning & origin●

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 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Solveig is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
SE Sweden#32814,752△2.1K rec.1 in 69215KSolveig44
NO Norway#7413,880△4K rec.1 in 39446KSolveig92
DK Denmark#2923,916△699 rec.1 in 1.5K3.9KSolveig87
FR France—1,765—1 in 38K1.8K——
FI Finland#8401,656△89 rec.1 in 3.4K3.1KSolveig12
IS Iceland#2321,242△91 rec.1 in 2821.2KSolveig46
US United States—9081.9K rec.1 in 366K908Solveig106
NL Netherlands—114△15 rec.1 in 152K114Solveig6
GB United Kingdom—10564 rec.—listedSolveig30
ES Spain—4955 rec.1 in 1M49Solveig14
EE Estonia—388 rec.—31Solveig6
TR Türkiye—3337 rec.——Solveig3

Roughly 15K people in Sweden bear this name (about 1 in 692). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

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

Languages●

  • Norwegian Bokmål46K39%
  • Danish16K14%
  • Finnish11K10%
  • French9.2K8%
  • Norwegian8.7K8%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Norwegian Bokmål45,75339%
Danish15,95914%
Finnish11,24410%
French9,1968%
Norwegian8,7238%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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

  • German given name16K records spelled Solveig8 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Germany, United States, Norway, Netherlands

    Languages: German, English, Western Frisian

    Also written Sólveig

  • French given name13K records spelled Solveig6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Spain, United States, Norway

    Languages: French, Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Solveïg, Sólveig

  • a separate given name3.6K records spelled Solveig2 spellings in the group

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

    Also written Sólveig

  • a separate given name594 records spelled Solveig3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden

    Also written Sólveig, Solveïg

  • Russian given name129 records spelled Solveig10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Norway, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Сольвейг, Солвейг, Solweig, Сольвеиг, Солвеиг

  • Hungarian given name104 records spelled Solveig2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Norway

    Also written Sólveig

  • Croatian given name95 records spelled Solveig9 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Norway, Sweden, Croatia, United States

    Languages: Croatian, Slovenian

    Also written Sólveig, Solveĭg, Солвейг

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.

Other recorded senses●

Solveig is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

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

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

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

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

  • In French, Prénom scandinave; souvent interprété comme « force du soleil ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

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

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

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

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

01020304019201940196019802000202033 · 2021

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Solveig in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1909–2025
Yearrecords
19095
19116
19127
191312
191411
191512
191619
191713
191817
191913
192012
19217
19229
19239
19249
19258
192616
192713
192813
192913
193012
19319
193217
19338
193416
193512
19369
19377
193814
19398
19405
194112
19427
19436
19447
19457
194711
194810
19566
19575
19587
19597
19629
19638
19647
19655
19667
19677
19685
19715
19728
19739
19749
19766
19785
19795
19815
19848
19855
19895
19908
199211
19948
19968
199714
199811
19995
20005
200113
200214
200314
20049
200514
200618
200714
20088
200911
201019
201111
201212
201313
201420
201521
201622
201719
201817
201924
202021
202133
202232
202324
202423
202517

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 93 years between 1909–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

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).

Evidence●

Attested in 49 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—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201716K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201816K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)201915K—
NO NorwaySSB PxWebApi — Persons/Last names by year (StatBank tables 10501/12891)202015K—
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—

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 2026-09-12 data build · 385 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Solveig?
We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Solveig (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.
In which country does Solveig have the most bearers?
We estimate about 15 thousand people bear Solveig in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, 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 282 people — even though Sweden holds more of our records for it.
How common is Solveig compared with other names?
In Sweden, Solveig is the 328th most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.
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.
What does the name Solveig mean?
Recorded meaning: zu Beginn des 20.Jh.s entlehnter weibl.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

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 328th most common given name in Sweden. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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