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.

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1249.Nils Petter

Scandinavian, Greek

victory of the people, rock

Old Norse, Greek

victorious people's ancestor

1251.Nils-Anders

victorious man

Scandinavian, Old Norse

champion, eagle

Scandinavian, Greek, Hebrew

victorious people's father of peace

1254.Nils-Bertil

Scandinavian, Germanic

Champion of the people, bright

1255.Nils-Börje

Scandinavian, Old Norse

victorious people's protector

1256.Nils-Christer

Scandinavian, Greek, Latin

victorious people's follower of Christ

1257.Nils-Christian

Scandinavian (Nils) and Greek/Latin (Christian)

Victory of the people; Christ-bearer

Scandinavian, Latin

victorious people; rival

victorious people

victorious people, eternal ruler

1261.Nils-Fredrik

Scandinavian, Germanic

victorious people's ruler of peace

1262.Nils-Göran

Scandinavian, Greek

victorious people, farmer

1263.Nils-Gunnar

Old Norse, Germanic

champion of the people, battle-ready

1264.Nils-Gustaf

Scandinavian, Germanic

victorious people's staff of the Goths

1265.Nils-Gustav

Scandinavian, Germanic

Victory of the people; staff of the Goths

1266.Nils-Håkan

Scandinavian, Old Norse

victorious people and high/exalted

1267.Nils-Henrik

Scandinavian, Germanic

victorious people, ruler of the home

Scandinavian, Old Norse

victory of the people, protected by Ing

1269.Nils-Ingvar

Scandinavian, Old Norse

Nils: 'victory of the people'; Ingvar: 'Ing's warrior' or 'Ing's protector'

victory of the people, bow warrior

1271.Nils-Johan

Scandinavian (Old Norse and Hebrew via Greek)

Victory of the people; God is gracious

1272.Nils-Lennart

Scandinavian (Nils) and Germanic (Lennart)

victorious people, brave as a lion

1273.Nils-Magnus

Scandinavian, Latin

victorious people, great

1274.Nils-Martin

Scandinavian, Latin

victory of the people, warlike

Victory of the people

victorious ancestor's relic

Scandinavian, Old Norse

victorious people's ancestor's relic

1278.Nils-Oscar

Scandinavian, Old Norse, Germanic

victorious people, divine spear

Scandinavian, Germanic

victorious people's wealth

victorious people's ancestor

victorious ancestor

1282.Nils-Petter

Scandinavian, Greek, Aramaic

Victory of the people; rock

Old Norse, Germanic

champion's secret lore

Scandinavian, Latin

victorious champion, unique

son of Nils

son of Nils

Scandinavian, Germanic

Grace, favor

friendly elf, brownie, or goblin

rest, comfort, long-lived

rest, comfort

pleasantness, delight

Light; honor; a diminutive of Honora or Eleonora

North valley

God is my light

Latin, Germanic

new, new land, or noble

fury, inspiration, rage, mind

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