Swedish Names

Browse Swedish Names

Here you can browse names which are used in Sweden. Not all of them are typical Swedish names. For typical names see also the Name Days section and the Statistics section below.

• All Swedish Names
• Swedish Female Names
• Swedish Male Names
• Swedish names for both genders

Filter among Swedish Names in our Name Finder

See also Swedish Surnames

Reshuffle names

 

Swedish Statistics

Newborn Statistics (per year)

The most popular names in Sweden in 2022 were Astrid and William. Find out more in the annual name statistics tables.

All Ages

Have a look at the Top 1,000 Given Names in Sweden

Finlandswedish Statistics

The most popular names in Finland in 2021 were Saga and Liam. Find out more in the annual name statistics tables.

Swedish Name Days

List Swedish name days in Sweden

• sorted by date
• sorted alphabetically by name

List Swedish name days in Finland

• sorted by date
• sorted alphabetically by name

Learn more about the Nordic name days here.

Browse Ancient Names

Old Swedish

• All Old Swedish Names
• Old Swedish Female Names
• Old Swedish Male Names
• Old Swedish names for both genders

Old Norse

• All Old Norse Names
• Old Norse Female Names
• Old Norse Male Names
• Old Norse names for both genders

Old Norse Origin

• Names with Old Norse Origin

Swedish Language

History

Ancient Nordic / Proto Norse

Evolved from Proto Germanic, this Indo-European language was spoken in Scandinavia from the first centuries AD until the 8th century. The writing system was the Elder Futhark.

Old Norse

This language was spoken during the Viking ages from about 700-1300 AD. The Old West Norse dialect was spoken in Iceland and Norway, the Old East Norse dialect was spoken in Sweden and Denmark, and there was a third dialect spoken on the Island Gotland: Old Gutnish. The writing system was the Younger Futhark.

Old Swedish

Old Swedish evolved from Old East Norse and was the medieval language spoken in Sweden (13th - 16th century AD). The writing system was the Latin alphabet.

Modern Swedish

Modern Swedish is spoken by about 10 million people in Sweden and some parts of Finland. It evolved from Old Swedish via New Swedish to this modern North Germanic language.