Swedish Names

Popular Swedish baby names from Scandinavia, blending modern international choices with classic Old Norse names. Sweden has a rich naming tradition featuring names like Astrid, Björn, Ingrid and Saga that have spread worldwide.

Showing 1,153–1,200 of 1,741 names

1153.Maj Louise

♀ Female

Latin and Germanic

May (month) and famous warrior

May flower

May flower

May lily

May lily

Scandinavian (Swedish)

May (month) and famous warrior

1159.Maj-Stina

♀ Female

Swedish, Latin

May-Stina, a combination of Maj (May) and Stina (Christine)

1160.Maja

♀ Female

Greek, Sanskrit

Good mother, illusion

1161.Maja Lisa

♀ Female

Hebrew, Latin, Germanic

bitter, rebellion, or wished-for child (Maja) and consecrated to God (Lisa)

pearl and daisy

bitter, beloved, or pearl combined with bright, shining

1164.Maja-Lisa

♀ Female

Hebrew, Latin

bitter, rebellion, or desired child; pledged to God

1165.Maja-Stina

♀ Female

Hebrew and Latin

sea of bitterness and pure

1166.Majsa

♀ Female

Hebrew

bitter, or wished-for child

1167.Majsan

♀ Female

Swedish diminutive of Margareta

pearl

1168.Majvi

♀ Female

Scandinavian

Maiden, or possibly 'pearl'

pearl

woman from Magdala

Hebrew, Swedish (diminutive)

High tower; also a Swedish diminutive of Magdalene

1172.Malte

♂ Male

Germanic, Swedish

rule, power, assembly, tribute

man, human

great, large, or man

man, human

pearl

pearl

pearl

pearl

Beloved, bitter

Swedish diminutive of Margaret, ultimately from Greek

pearl

pearl

bitter, beloved, or rebellion

1184.Márjjá

♀ Female

Sámi, ultimately Hebrew

bitter, beloved, or drop of the sea

1185.Markus

♂ Male

Latin

warlike, dedicated to Mars

1186.Mārtā

♀ Female

Aramaic

lady, mistress of the house

pearl and people

of Mars, warlike

Aramaic, via Greek and Latin

lady, mistress of the house

gift of God

Mighty in battle

gift of God

Gift of God

Hebrew (via Greek and Latin)

gift of God

gift of God

gift of God

dark-skinned, Moorish

1198.Mea

♀ Female

Latin, Irish, Swedish

mine, beloved, or pearl

1199.Meja

♀ Female

Swedish, Germanic

pearl, strength in battle, or maiden

1200.Melker

♂ Male

Swedish, from Latin

milkman, dairy farmer

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