Solveig
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SOHL-vay
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Solveig is a girls' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “sun strength”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Solveig mean?
Old Norse: from sol 'sun' and veig 'strength'
“sun strength”
Solveig is the faithful heroine of Ibsen's Peer Gynt, remembered through Grieg's Solveig's Song.
Is Solveig a girl's or a boy's name?
Solveig is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Solveig in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2021, with 5 girls.
Solveig in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Solveig in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Solveig, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1909.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Solveig than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Solveig in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Solveig in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 32 | #4,376 |
| 2021 | 33 | #4,241 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,205 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 8 | #5,957 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #5,030 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 14 | #2,225 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 16 | #2,002 |
| 1933 | 8 | #3,108 |
| 1932 | 17 | #1,956 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,551 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,551 |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,256 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 7 | #4,021 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 17 | #2,101 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,427 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 6 | #2,191 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
Nicknames for Solveig
- Sol 52 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Solveig
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sophie Lola Sophia Sadie Margot Luna Alba Ava Orla Esme Astrid Hazel
More Old Norse names
Freya Ronnie Ralph Eric Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Solveig: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/solveig, updated 20 October 2026.