Entry № 2739 · German origin

Edelweiss Edelweiss — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ AY-del-vies /
Gender
Girl
Origin
German
Meaning
"Noble-white (Alpine flower)"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Modern (German)

A name that means "noble-white (alpine flower)".

Edelweiss is a name of German origin, meaning noble-white (alpine flower).

Noble-white. The Alpine wildflower.

The name in its native script.

Edelweiss
Transliteration
Edelweiss
Pronunciation
/ ˈeɪ.dəl.vaɪs /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Edelweiss stands.

Edelweiss does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Edelweisss before her.

Real people
Edelweiss
Symbol of Alpine bravery.
In fiction
Edelweiss
Song from The Sound of Music.
1965 film

Names connected to Edelweiss.

The number behind Edelweiss.

2

The Peacemaker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Edelweiss reduce to 2, The Peacemaker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.