Solvej
given name · Danish · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Solvej is a given name, most frequently recorded in Denmark. It appears chiefly in Danish and Finnish, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to Norwegian Solveig.
- DKDenmark1 in 7.3K◐
- FIFinland1 in 552K
- DEGermany1 in 1.4M
carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin●
a female given name, equivalent to Norwegian Solveig
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world●
| Country | Share of this name | |
|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | 3,644 | 87% |
| FI Finland | 140 | 3% |
| US United States | 112 | 3% |
| DE Germany | 87 | 2% |
| NL Netherlands | 59 | 1% |
≈4,042 recorded bearers across the countries shown (a sample of the full distribution).
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.
Languages●
- Danish3.7K88%
- Finnish1413%
- English1183%
- German892%
- French301%
Show as table
| Name | Records | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Danish | 3,693 | 88% |
| Finnish | 141 | 3% |
| English | 118 | 3% |
| German | 89 | 2% |
| French | 30 | 1% |
Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.
Over time●
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| Year | records |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 56 |
| 2000 | 56 |
| 2001 | 55 |
| 2002 | 55 |
| 2003 | 57 |
| 2004 | 58 |
| 2005 | 57 |
| 2006 | 58 |
| 2007 | 57 |
| 2008 | 54 |
| 2009 | 51 |
| 2010 | 49 |
| 2011 | 48 |
| 2012 | 51 |
| 2013 | 53 |
| 2014 | 53 |
| 2015 | 50 |
| 2016 | 49 |
| 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 49 |
| 2020 | 50 |
SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.
Notable people with this name●
- Solvej Balleb. 1962DKDanish poet, writer, and translator (born 1962)
- Solvej Dufour Andersenb. 1974DKDanish artist
- Solvej Krommenhoekb. 1985Danish association football player
- Solvej SchouUSJewish American writer and musician
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 17 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts) | — | 1.2K | #363 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 179 | #5,642 |
| DK Denmark | Danmarks Statistik — Navne til nyfødte (1985–present) | 2024 | 161 | #40 |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2006 | 58 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2004 | 58 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2007 | 57 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2005 | 57 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2003 | 57 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2000 | 56 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 1999 | 56 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2002 | 55 | — |
| SE Sweden | SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) | 2001 | 55 | — |
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 · 40 rows in the corpus for this spelling.
Frequently asked questions
- How common is the name Solvej?
- Our records include 4,042 bearers of Solvej across 5 countries — a sample of the full distribution.
- In which country does Solvej have the most bearers?
- Solvej is most frequently recorded in Denmark.
- Is Solvej a male or female name?
- Solvej 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 Solvej mean?
- Recorded meaning: a female given name, equivalent to Norwegian Solveig
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About this data
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, “Solvej”. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.