Gender: Feminine
Origin: Lithuanian
Meaning: “snowdrop.” literally “little snow”
(snye-GWOH-lay)

The name is derived from the Lithuanian sniegas meaning “snow”/the suffix of uolė is a common Lithuanian feminine suffix denoting smallness.

In Lithuanian, this is also the name for Snow White and it is the name for the snowdrop flower.

Its designated name-day is January 15.