This should probably be a poll because I can’t seem to get any hard answers.
I keep seeing baby name guides saying that Solveig should be pronounced, Sool-vay, but then I go to youtube and everyone seems to be voicing the hard g at the end.
I’ve heard:
Saul (like Better Call) - vigh- g (like sigh with a g at the end)
Sol (like the Sun) - vague (like these pronunciation guides)
Sool (like Zuul) - vig (like vigorish)
Let’s lay down the law here, people. What are we going to use for Solveig, henceforth? Can we get a consensus or do we give up and call her “Duck breath”.
Just give up and name the kid “Trendy And Irritating”. She’ll be equally tired of explaining the name whenever she’s introduced. But at least everybody will be able to spell it.
Or is that the spelling and “Throatwobbler Mangrove” is the pronounciation? These pretentious foreign names always confuse simple 'Merkins like myself.
I’m sure “Solveig” is a beautiful & common-enough name in Norway or Sweden. Which every Sven, Ole, and Hildegaard can instantly recognize, pronounce, and spell.