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Sweden, 2014

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State in Northern Europe. Located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The capital is Stockholm. Population - 9,828,655 (2015). It borders on Norway and Finland. The ethnic structure is dominated by Swedes (85%). There are also Saami, Finns, etc. The official language is Swedish. Sami, Meyankieli, Finnish, Gypsy, Yiddish and others are also represented. Religious composition: Lutherans (82%), Catholics, Orthodox and Baptists. Part of the Saami profess animism. There are also Muslim immigrants.

In Sweden, the processing of name statistics is the responsibility of the Central Bureau of Statistics - Statistiska centralbyrån (SCB). Its website contains a variety of materials on names and surnames in the country. At the same time, the data in the Swedish and English versions of the site completely duplicate each other. All anthroponymic information can be conditionally divided into three groups: the names of the entire population of the country; names of newborns by year (since 2002); surnames (100 most common in Sweden).

The names of the entire population are divided into data at birth (given names) and commonly used (normally used names). Since a child is often given more than one name at birth in Sweden, the frequency of names from the given names group is often higher. For example, the most frequent given names in 2014 are male Karl(337,793 speakers) and female Maria(447 393). Among the commonly used names, they are less common - Karl at 72 062, Maria at 83 861. Leaders among normally used names on 12/31/2014 Lars(93 993) and Anna (107 210).

A separate table presents the top 10 names in nine decades, starting from the 1920s. These data clearly show changing trends in the development of naming.

The most valuable material is the consolidated alphabetical lists of names that were given to more than 10 children. They summarize information from 1998 to the current year and show how many times a given name was chosen during each year of the period.

Expected content includes lists of the top 100 names of the year. They are posted on the site strictly in accordance with the stated date. So, there was an announcement about their appearance on January 20, and they appeared exactly on January 20. In the top 100, the names are given in two lists - in descending order of frequency and in alphabetical order. Next to each name is shown how many times it was given in the previous year and what place it then occupied.

Separately, the site lists the names from the top 100, whose popularity in the current year, compared to the previous one, grew or fell. At the same time, it is shown by how many percent and how many times each of the considered names was given more often / less often.

There is also a section with an interactive form How many are named...? By entering a name, you can find out how many people in Sweden have it. I could not resist to find out the number of my namesakes. As of December 31, 2014, there were 174 of them, for 50 it is the main name. There are both Vladimirs in Sweden (moreover, one Vladimir is a woman), and Dmitry. Even Lenins (43 men) and Stalins (18 men) and one Stalin woman.

I suggest that you familiarize yourself with the most recent data on the 20 most common names of newborns. For more information, see the SCB website (link at the bottom of the page).

Top 20 Baby Boy Names

Place	Name	Frequency
1	Lucas	860
2	William	851
3	Oscar	805
4	Oliver	754
5	Liam	728
6	Elias	721
7	Hugo	696
8	Vincent	641
9	Charlie	634
10	Alexander	630
11	Axel	594
12	Ludwig	580
13	Elliot	566
13	noah	566
15	Leo	565
16	Victor	562
17	Philip	553
18	Arvid	551
19	Alfred	549
20	Nils	518

Top 20 Baby Girl Names

Place	Name	Frequency
1	Elsa	850
2	Alice	806
3	Maja	732
4	Agnes	673
5	Lilly	646
6	Olivia	626
7	Julia	610
8	Ebba	603
9	Linnea	594
10	Molly	579
11	Ella	578
12	Wilma	576
13	Klara	572
14	Stella	552
15	freja	544
16	Alicia	540
17	Alva	534
18	Alma	533
19	Isabelle	525
20	Ellen	519

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Swedish names

Swedish male names and their meaning

Swedish male names

The most common names in Sweden

Men'snames: Axel, Anders, Elias, Alexander, Erik, Hugo, Lars, Lucas, Karl, Mikael, Johan, Oliver, Oscar, Per, Jan, Peter, Thomas, Viktor, William

Women'snames: Alva, Anna, Alice, Eva, Ebba, Ella, Emma, ​​Elsa, Maria, Karin, Kerstin, Lena, Linnea, Maja, Kristina, Ingrid, Julia, Sara, Wilma

The most common surnames in Sweden

Johansson (Johansson)

Andersson (Andersson)

Karlsson (Karlsson)

Nilsson (Nilsson)

Eriksson (Eriksson)

Larsson (Larsson)

Olsson (Olsson)

Persson (Persson)

Svensson (Svensson)

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Swedish names and surnames indicate, among other things, the identity of the Swedes. Traditional Swedish names, and especially surnames, emphasize the close connection of a person with the surrounding nature.

The names of the Swedes are melodic, full of meaning, have a centuries-old tradition, perfectly adapted to the Swedish language.

Traditional male Swedish names

Traditional female Swedish names

The list of such traditional names exceeds 1000. However, now other names are gaining the most popularity, which are presented in the following tables.

Swedish female names

Swedish male names

Double Swedish names

Such names were very popular in Sweden from the thirties to the sixties of the last century. Interestingly, now their popularity is growing again. They are formed by adding together several names.

Moreover, their writing can be either “through a dash”, or simply by sequential enumeration. Especially popular double names used among representatives of the Swedish royal dynasty: Carl-Johan / Karl-Johan, Carl-Gustaf / Karl-Gustav, Carl-Philip / Karl-Philip, Gustaf-Adolf / Gustav-Adolf and so on.

Among the representatives of the royal family, the following names are most popular:

Girls: Alice/Alice, Astrid/Astrid, Désirée/Desiree, Eleonora/Eleanor, Ingrid/Ingrid, Sibylla/Sibilla, Kristina/Christina, Sophia/Sophia, Louise/Lois, Margaretha/Margaretta, Elisabeth/Elizabeth.

Boys: Gustav / Gustav, Adolf / Adolf, Bertil / Bertil, Oskar / Oscar, Magnus / Magnus, Philip / Philip, Wilhelm / Wilhelm, Erik / Erik, Carl / Karl, Fredrik / Fredrik.

Swedish names of the ruling royal house, list:

Carl XVI Gustaf Folke Hubertus - King of Sweden
Silvia Renate - queen
Victoria Ingrid Alice Désirée Crown Princess
Olof Daniel - her husband
Estelle Silvia Ewa Mary - daughter of Victoria
Oscar Carl Olof - Victoria's son
Carl Philip Edmund Bertil - Prince, son of Charles and Sylvia
Sofia - his wife
Alexander Erik Hubertus Bertil - son of Karl and Sophia
Madeleine Thérèse Amelie Josephine - princess, daughter of Charles and Sylvia
Chris O'Neill - her husband
Leonore Lilian Maria - daughter of Madeleine and Criss
Nicolas Paul Gustaf - son of Madeleine and Criss

In recent years, more and more newborns in the country receive double Swedish names. According to the data for 2016, the most popular were:

Popular double swedish boy names

Most Popular Double Swedish Girl Names

Swedes often use a special computer program to collect information about their family members.

Then draw family tree and can tell guests for a long time about the owner of the name from each of his "cells".

Swedish surnames

Swedish surnames were first formed by adding a particle - sson to indicate a family relationship between fathers and children. So the son of Gunnar of a man named Peter was called Gunnar Petersson, Gunnar son of Peter.

The first, as is often the case, surnames transmitted by inheritance were acquired by representatives of the upper class, starting from the 12th century. So, one of the most famous Swedish statesmen 15th century, King Gustav Vasa / Gustav Vasa before accession to the throne was called Gustav Eriksson / Gustav Eriksson.

Gradually, ordinary residents of the country become the owners of "permanent" surnames. During the 18th century, many Swedish men who were in the military received new, often "shortened" surnames there, as their old ones were so often repeated.

The main principle of the formation of new surnames was the use of Swedish words associated with military or natural properties, objects, objects.

Examples are: Rask / Fast, Lustig / Joyful, Spjut / Spear, Hjelm / Helmet, Lind / Linden, Björk / Birch, Holm / Hill. After graduation military service the men kept their new surnames.

Residents of cities, especially in the north of the country, took surnames consisting of several words associated with nature. For example, these are: Lindström / Linden + current, Bergström / mountain stream, Strömbäck / stormy stream.

To me personally, such Swedish surnames are very reminiscent of films about Indians who have names associated with nature, for example, Chingachgook - Big Serpent.

The list of Swedish male names has been formed over many centuries. The basis of the national onomasticon is made up of original Swedish names and ancient Scandinavian, German dialects common to all peoples. Northern Europe(Danes, Norwegians, Finns, etc.).

In the pre-Christian period of paganism, the Swedes professed ancient rites and cults dating back to Norse mythology. The personal names of that period indicated the place of residence of the owner (Dalar - "from the valleys"), occupation (Goran - "farmer"), denoted the names of animals and plants (Arvidh - "eagle tree", Asbjörn - "divine bear"), qualities character (Sture - "stubborn"). Some of the names contain the names of pagan deities: for example, the Scandinavian god of thunder and lightning Thor (Thor - "thunder", Torgni - "Thor's blow", etc.). Many names with Old Norse and Germanic roots have survived to this day: Bertil (from others - German name Bertilo - "bright"), Egil (Old Scandinavian agi - "punishment, punishment", egg - "point of the sword"), Odd (from the other Scandinavian oddr - "top, point"), Gunnar - Swedish version German name Günther ("warrior").

In the 10th century, Christianity first penetrated into Sweden, in the 16th century Lutheranism became the official religion of the country. Male Swedish names are replenished with a significant number of religious names: biblical, the names of saints of various origins. Almost all of them were modified by the Swedes, or borrowed already in an adapted form: Matts - the Swedish version of the Hebrew name Matvey ("God's gift"), Staffan - the Swedish analogue of the ancient Greek Stefan ("crown, crown"), Nils - Danish, Swedish, Norwegian form Greek Nicholas("victory of the people").

The names of the Swedes contain great amount names borrowed from the most different countries and cultures. Sometimes these foreign-language variants changed under the influence of the local language, turning into "Swedish names", sometimes they remained unchanged: English Edmund, Edwin, French Raul, Lovis (derived from the French Louis), Arabic Ilyas, Hasan, etc.

New names

The collection of Swedish names for boys is constantly replenished due to the active use of informal addresses in everyday life (diminutive, abbreviated and derived forms of full names), which become independent. New names are formed from both national and borrowed names. Examples of such options: Bo - Busse, Olof - Olle, Christopher - Criss, Stoffe, Poffe.

Beautiful male names of the Swedes

The charm of the North is clearly expressed in beautiful male Swedish names - the old names are not only strict and sonorous, but also have a noble meaning, symbolize victory, power, courage, freedom. These names are echoes of the Viking Age, consisting of a series of battles and wars (Ingvar - "warrior of the god of abundance", Albrikt - "expressed nobility", Vendel - "wanderer", Anund - "victory of the ancestors"). Among the Scandinavian names used by the Swedes, there are also many colorful options: Olof, Olov - Swedish forms of the Old Norse name Olav - "descendant", Holger - German, Danish, Norwegian and Swedish name meaning "spear".

Popular male names

Popular Swedish male names are ancient Scandinavian names(Axel, Eric, Lars), biblical and Christian (Noah, Philip), European names of various origins: German (Karl, Oscar), Arabic (Elias - an analogue of the Jewish name Ilya), Latin (Lucas), Irish (Liam), Greek (Alexander), English (Oliver, William). IN Lately beautiful double names are popular among the Swedes - Lars-Erik, Jan-Olof, etc.

Modern traditions

Today, people in Sweden can choose a name for a newborn out of 160,000. male names: original Swedish, ancient Scandinavian, Christian, modern European and new names. However, in official list the names allowed for use are only 1000 (both male and female), if the desired name is not on the list, you need to get permission from the court.

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Scandinavian surnames (Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Danish)

Scandinavian countriesis a term used for the three Nordic countries: Finland, Sweden and Norway. In addition to them, Denmark and Iceland are also included here.

These countries, in addition to geographical proximity and northern location, have a number of other common features: generality historical development, high level economic development and relatively small population.

The most common Swedish surnames

Sweden occupies most of the Scandinavian Peninsula. It's basically a one-national country with a population of about 9 million people, more than 90% of the inhabitants are Swedes.

Andersson (Andersson)

Gustafsson (Gustafsson)

Jonsson (Johnson)

Karlsson (Karlsson)

Larsson (Larsson)

Nilsson (Nilsson)

Svensson (Svensson)

Persson (Persson)

Olsson (Olsson)

Eriksson (Eriksson)

Hansson (Hanson)

Johansson (Johansson)

The most common Norwegian surnames

Norway is the land of the ancient Vikings.

Andersen (Andersen)

Jensen (Jensen)

Kristiansen (Christiansen)

Karlsen (Karlsen)

Larsen (Larsen)

Nielsen (Nielsen)

Olsen (Olsen)

Pedersen (Pedersen)

Hansen (Hansen)

Johansen (Johansen)

The most common Finnish surnames

The population of Finland is about 5 million people, mainly Finns and Swedes live here, the religion is Lutheran.

Until the beginning of the 20th century, most Finns official names didn't have. The upper strata of society mostly bore Swedish surnames. A law requiring every Finn to have a surname was issued in 1920, after independence.

Finnish surnames mainly formed from names, from geographical names, from professions and from other words.

Virtanen (Virtanen)

Korhonen (Korhonen)

Koskinen (Koskinen)

Laine (Laine)

Makinen (Myakinen)

Makela

Nieminen (Nieminen)

Hamalainen (Hamalainen)

Heikkinen (Heikkinen)

Jarvinen (Jarvinen)

The most common Danish surnames

Denmark occupies most of the Jutland peninsula and a group of nearby islands. The population is about 5 million people. Ethnic composition: Danes, Germans, Frisians, Fareses. The official language is Danish. Religion is Lutheranism.

Andersen (Andersen)

Jensen (Jensen)

Christensen (Christensen)

Larsen (Larsen)

Nielsen (Nielsen)

Pedersen (Pedersen)

Rasmussen (Rasmussen)

Sorensen (Sorensen)

Jorgensen (Jorgensen)

Hansen (Hansen)

Icelandic surnames

Icelandic name consists of a given name, patronymic (formed from the name of the father) and, in rare cases, a surname. feature traditional Icelandic names is the use (in addition to the name itself) of patronymics and the extremely rare use of surnames.

Most Icelanders(as well as foreigners who have received Icelandic citizenship) have only a first and middle name (a similar practice existed earlier in other Scandinavian countries). In addressing and mentioning a person, only the name is used, regardless of whether the speaker refers to this person to "you" or "you".

For example, Jon Thorsson (Jon ?orsson) - Jon, the son of Thor. The patronymic looks and sounds like a surname.

Only a very small number of Icelanders have surnames. Most often, the surnames of Icelanders are inherited from parents of foreign origin. An example of well-known Icelanders with surnames is the football player Eidur Gudjohnsen, and the actor and director Balthazar Kormakur.

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