Usages: Icelandic, FaroeseMeaning: From the Icelandic name for the buttercup, a type of small wildflower with yellow blooms (of the plant genus Ranunculus), which is composed of the words sól meaning "sun" and ey "island" (compare EYJA). This is also used as a diminutive of the related Faroese name SÓLJA.https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/S%C3%B3ley(Information from name #21013 originally submitted by an anonymous user)
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Meaning: From the Icelandic name for the buttercup, a type of small wildflower with yellow blooms (of the plant genus Ranunculus), which is composed of the words sól meaning "sun" and ey "island" (compare EYJA). This is also used as a diminutive of the related Faroese name SÓLJA.
https://www.nordicnames.de/wiki/S%C3%B3ley
(Information from name #21013 originally submitted by an anonymous user)