Solveig

See also: Sólveig

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian.

Proper noun

Solveig

  1. A female given name.

Faroese

Proper noun

Solveig f

  1. A female given name

Declension
Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Solveig
Accusative Solveig
Dative Solveig
Genitive Solveigar

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.

Descendants

References
  • Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, →ISBN
  • 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 c (genitive Solveigs)

  1. A female given name borrowed from Norwegian.
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