Comments for the name Solveig

Comments for SOLVEIG:

I think it's pronounced "SOL-vay", with the "sol" as in soul or sole. [noted -ed]

-- gin_rummy  9/1/2005

gin_rummy's pronunciation guide is correct: Solveig is pronounced SOL-vay.

-- cait  11/9/2005

I used to go to school with a girl called Solveig (and she pronounced it sol-vay, as above). I think she once said that it meant dawn, but I might have gotten that wrong. She went by Solv for short.

-- Anonymous User  1/15/2006

A Norwegian woman I know is named Solveig, she told me that it was from Norway and that it means "Way of the Sun". And the pronunciation is more like SUL-vey.

-- schiaparelli  5/15/2006

The pronunciation I heard is "SOOL-vay" (long O).

-- Ylva  10/5/2006

My name is Randi Sofia Ulfsdotter-Ekberg, I am Swedish/Norwegian. (Born in Sweden/Norwegian citizen) My mother is Swedish. My father is Norwegian. My "FARMOR"'s name is Randi Solveig Ekberg. (FAR_MOR means Father's Mother, Far=father Mor=mother). Precisely translated, yes "Solveig" means Sol=sun Veig=way. Way of the sun. Or strong character, as the sun leads all of us.

-- sofiaekberg  10/26/2006

This is my mother's name, it is such a lovely name! I simply love it! If I ever get a daughter, she will be named Solveig, after my mother.

-- Anonymous User  12/12/2006

Listen to the German pronunciation of Solveig here:
http://www.nordicnames.de/Aussprache.html.

-- _satu_  12/16/2006

When I was in Norway I met a girl named Solveig, who also pronounced her name SOOL-vay, as mentioned in the comments above. She also gave a slightly different meaning to the name - she said it meant "she who shows the way to the sun".

-- noae  7/6/2007

Solveig is a character in Greig's "Peer Gynt".

-- SuomiRuotsi  9/18/2007

In Icelandic we also have this name, only it's spelled Sólveig. :)

-- Dru  1/20/2008

This is the name of one of my relatives who resides in Sweden. It is a gorgeous name!

-- Anonymous User  3/22/2009

Even if "Sol" means "sun" in Norwegian it does not mean that every Norwegian name containing "Sol" has something to do with the sun, Solveig is after what I have read from the Norse elements "salr" meaning "house" and "veig" probably meaning "fighting" or "strong";
This would make the full meaning of the name "the fighting house" or "the strong house", but many consider it to have the other meanings that other users so kindly pointed to and parents give it to their children because of that.
PS: I am Norwegian and love Sol- names.

-- 10Katta12  4/20/2009

I know a person with this name. It is pronounced SAHL-vayg (Sawl-vague).

-- Anonymous User  7/7/2009

The first part of the name, sol, is an Old Norse word for "house".

-- Anonymous User  9/8/2011

In Norway 'Solveig' is pronounced /'sol-vei/ with a long 'o'. Claiming that it's pronounced /'sol-vay/ is slightly misleading, as 'vei' and 'vay' are actually pronounced differently - to many English speakers 'vei' might sound like 'vay' or 'vay' might be easier to pronounce than 'vei' but there certainly is a difference. I, as a Norwegian and as a linguist, have no trouble identifying the two different sounds.

-- blessed-bee  10/18/2011

Also, forgot to mention this in the last comment, but guy-who-runs-this-website, surely you must know that Henrik Ibsen is not spelled Hendrik Ibsen?!

-- blessed-bee  10/18/2011

I guess Solveigh would be a more palatable spelling in Anglo countries.

-- Aureliano  11/1/2011

In my experience (I used to live in Sweden with my husband who is from there, I speak Swedish and understand Norwegian, been to Norway loads of times and have met and heard of many girls called Solveig, so I would say I'm quite confident in how to say it!), the Norwegian pronunciation is much closer to SOL-vy (rhyming with 'my') than SOL-vay (as in rhyming with 'may'), and using the key on this site I would probably put it as SOOL-vie (which to me makes me think 'vee', but according to the key, 'vie' would be the way to represent the sound - so I guess it's like rhyming with 'pie') - I would say the 'O' sound is a little longer than just 'sol' as well. Just my contribution :)

-- Anonymous User  3/3/2012

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