Solveig

  • [ SOOL-vie (Norwegian), SOOL-vay (Swedish) ]
  • Norwegian, Swedish
From an Old Norse name which was derived from the elements sól "sun" and veig "strength". This is the name of the heroine in Henrik Ibsen's play 'Peer Gynt' (1876).

EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT SCANDINAVIAN: Sólveig
DANISH: Solvej
ICELANDIC: Sólveig
LATVIAN: Solveiga
LITHUANIAN: Solveiga
NORWEGIAN: Solveig, Sølvi, Sylvi
SWEDISH: Solveig, Solvig, Sylvi