Solveig
Solveig is a girl name of Norse origin, meaning Strength of the sun.
What Solveig means
Strength of the sun.
Solveig sits at 7 letters, and ends on a consonant, which gives it a firmer stop.
Where Solveig comes from
Old Norse names are usually compounds drawn from the natural world, from battle, or from the gods, carried across northern Europe by Scandinavian settlement.
Solveig is recorded as Norse in origin. Browse other Norse names.
How popular is Solveig?
Solveig sits outside the top 100 girl names we currently track. For many parents that is the appeal: a name with genuine history behind it that has not been picked up by everyone at once.
The character of Solveig
Two ideas meet in Solveig: light and brightness and strength. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Solveig
These share Solveig's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sigrid — Beautiful victory.
- Wilbur — Resolute and brilliant.
- Sigrun — Secret victory.
- Dagny — New day.
- Gerda — Protection; enclosure.
- Bjorn — Bear.
- Sigurd — Guardian of victory.
- Erik — Eternal ruler.
- Harold — Army ruler; a leader.
- Thor — Thunder; god of thunder.
- Thorin — Bold; of thunder.
- Torsten — Thor's stone.