Solveig
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Norwegian Solveig.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Solveig (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Solveig has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 7 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 39 |
| 2022 | 32 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 11,858 |
| 2000 | 11,768 |
| 2001 | 11,665 |
| 2002 | 11,527 |
| 2003 | 11,385 |
| 2004 | 11,263 |
| 2005 | 11,127 |
| 2006 | 10,982 |
| 2007 | 10,843 |
| 2008 | 10,669 |
| 2009 | 10,507 |
| 2010 | 10,297 |
| 2011 | 10,107 |
| 2012 | 9,929 |
| 2013 | 9,730 |
| 2014 | 9,559 |
| 2015 | 9,342 |
| 2016 | 9,104 |
| 2017 | 8,896 |
| 2018 | 8,663 |
| 2019 | 8,445 |
| 2020 | 8,182 |
Solveig in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Solveig.Hi! My name is Solveig.
- Har du träffat Solveig? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Solveig? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Solveig kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Solveig is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Solveigs mamma är lärare.Solveig's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Solveigs mamma is Solveig's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Solveig
How do you pronounce Solveig in Swedish?
In IPA, Solveig is /ˈsǔːlvɛj/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Solveig mean?
Borrowed from Norwegian Solveig.
How popular is Solveig in Sweden?
32 babies were named Solveig in 2022. In 2020, 8,182 people in Sweden had Solveig as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.