[Life in Sweden] Swedish name ranking 2021

Posting date: 2022.04.15

[Life in Sweden] Swedish name ranking 2021

In Japan, too, there is a ranking of the names of children born in that year. In Sweden, of course!

Some Swedish names are easy to pronounce even for Japanese people, and there are some nice names that don't feel strange even if you wear them in Japan, so it may be a hint for naming. This year's minutes haven't been tabulated yet, so I would like to introduce you to the latest 2021 rankings.

Let's start with the girls.

The most named names in Sweden in 2021.

This is a group of students marching. Is it about junior high school students?

Girl ranking 1st to 3rd

1st place Alice
2nd place Maja
3rd place Elsa

Alice is the undisputed number one. 2nd place Maya is also a name that is often heard. The sound is cute, isn't it? Is Elsa in 3rd place influenced by the movie? All names from 1st to 3rd place are short and easy to pronounce, so there is no sense of discomfort even if they are used in Japanese names.

Followed by 4th to 6th place.

4th place Astrid
5th Wilma
6th Freja

I would like to draw your attention to Astrid, who came in 3rd place. Her name is the same as Astrid Lindgren, the author of the world-famous Swedish picture book "Pippi in Long Stockings." By the way, Astrid of Pippi in Long Stockings was born in 1907, so the name that was often given more than 100 years ago is currently in 4th place in 2021.

Especially in Japan, the trend of names changes greatly, so it is quite rare in Japan. It seems that grandma and grandchild have the same name.

And Vilma in 5th place. In Sweden, the W is pronounced the same as the V, so we write Wlima and read it as Wilma.

And the 6th place Freja is also a very beautiful name.

And from 7th to 10th place.

7. Olivia
8. Selma
9th place Alma
10th Ella

What do you think? I think that many people have a hard time thinking of what a Swedish name would sound like, but the most popular names right now are like this. Girl's names have a beautiful sound and are easy to pronounce.

Well, next is the ranking of boys.

Let's start with 1st to 3rd place.

1st place Noah
2nd place William
3rd place Hugo

Noah, who ranked 1st, is also a good name that is easy to pronounce even for Japanese people.

And William in second place. Like Wilma, it is written as W and pronounced as V, so it is written as W and becomes William.

Hugo is third. It's a manly name.

Next is 4th to 6th place.

4th place Lucas
5th place Liam
6th place Oskar

Rather than a name unique to Sweden, what is popular now is a popular name that can be used in any country. Isn't there Liam in Japan too?

And next is 7th to 10th place.

7. Oliver
8. Matteo
9. Elias
10. Adam

Oliver in 7th place will be Oliver if read in English. Matteo is an Italian name.

Here are the latest popular names for girls and boys. What do you think? Did you have a name that you thought was cool? By the way, from the 11th place onwards, Sweden has a large number of immigrants, so international names such as Mohammed from Arabic are ranked.

By the way, I think that the author is a boy who writes LOVE and Rove. It's "love" in English. And the girl is written SAGA and Saga-chan. It means "adventure" in English.

Swedish children singing in chorus on National Day

Finally, I would like to introduce some popular names in Sweden that are easy to pronounce even for Japanese people and are not unnatural to name. All of these names are in the top 100 this time, but some names may already be popular in Japan.