Entry № 9710 · Norwegian origin

Silje Silje — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ SIL-yeh /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Norwegian
Meaning
"Blind / wise (Silje Nergaard iconic Norwegian jazz)"
Syllables
1
First recorded
Medieval (Norwegian)

A name that means "blind / wise (silje nergaard iconic norwegian jazz)".

Silje Reinåmo — Norwegian actress. Princess Silje — Norwegian heritage naming.

Blind / wise (Norwegian Cecilia).

The name in its native script.

Silje
Transliteration
Silje
Pronunciation
/ ˈsɪl.jɛ /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Silje stands.

Silje 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.

Siljes before her.

Real people
Silje Nergaard
Iconic Norwegian jazz singer + Spellemannprisen.
born 1966
Silje Vige
Norwegian Eurovision 1993.
born 1976
In fiction
Silje
Norwegian form of Cecilia.

Names connected to Silje.

The number behind Silje.

1

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Silje reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.