Solveig

Snow-lit and luminous, Solveig carries the hush of a Norwegian fjord at dusk. Old Norse roots braid sól, meaning sun, with veig, a word for strength or draught, yielding something closer to a vessel holding light. Henrik Ibsen cast the name across the world stage in Peer Gynt, where Solveig waits decades, singing her hero home; Edvard Grieg's accompanying lullaby did the rest. In Norway it has never felt dated, and quietly drifts across North Atlantic families as an heirloom. Pronounce it SOOL-vay and you will feel why it endures among the Nordic classics.