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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spear warrior

island gift

Latin/French, via Old Norse

Olive tree

ancestral heritage, ancestor's relic

Swedish, Old Norse

ancestor's relic or descendant

Grace, favor

Swedish form of George

farmer, earth-worker

Greek, via Latin and Old Norse

farmer, earth-worker

Irish, Old Norse

Deer friend, or spear of the gods

Old English, Old Norse

deer friend

Old Norse, Old English

God's spear

little deer

Old Norse, Swedish

divine stone

edge of a blade, terror, awe, or owl

Old Norse, Swedish

terror, fear, edge of a sword

Swedish form of Peter

rock, stone

Greek (for Pär), Old Norse (for Åke)

rock; ancestor

1314.Pär Anders

Greek (Pär), Greek/Old Norse (Anders)

rock, stone (Pär) and man, warrior (Anders)

Greek (via Aramaic) and Old Norse

Pär: 'rock, stone' (variant of Peter); Arne: 'eagle'

Greek and Old Norse

rock; eternal ruler

Pär: Greek via Swedish; Ola: Old Norse

Pär: 'rock, stone'; Ola: 'ancestor's relic' or 'holy'

Greek (Pär), Old Norse (Olof)

rock, stone (Pär) and ancestor's relic (Olof)

Greek (Pär), Old Norse (Olov)

rock, stone (Pär); descendant of the ancestor (Olov)

Swedish, Old Norse

Pär: 'rock', Åke: 'ancestor' or 'small ancestor'

1321.Pär-Anders

Swedish compound name, combining Peter and Anders

stone, rock, and man, warrior

Swedish, Germanic, Greek

rock, stone, and eagle

Swedish, Germanic, Old Norse

noble ruler, eternal ruler

Swedish compound name from Greek and Old Norse

rock, stone, and eternal ruler

1325.Pär-Göran

rock, stone and farmer

1326.Pär-Gunnar

Swedish, Germanic

stone, rock, and battle, war

1327.Pär-Håkan

Swedish, Old Norse

Pär: 'rock, stone' (from Peter); Håkan: 'high kin' or 'skillful'

1328.Pär-Henrik

Greek and Germanic

rock, stone, and home ruler

1329.Pär-Johan

Swedish compound name from Greek and Hebrew

rock, stone; God is gracious

1330.Pär-Magnus

stone, rock; great, large

Swedish, Old Norse, Greek

rock, stone, and famous, renowned

Swedish, from Greek and Old Norse

stone/rock and ancestor's relic/heir

Swedish, Greek, Old Norse

rock, stone, and descendant of the spear-ancestor

Swedish (Pär), Old Norse (Ove)

Pär: 'rock' or 'stone'; Ove: 'edge', 'blade', or 'fear'

pearl

Latin and Old Norse

Small ruler

English, Scandinavian

son of Paul

Swedish, Old Norse, Greek

rock, stone, eternal ruler

Scandinavian, Greek, Old Norse

rock, stone and descendant of the ancestors

Swedish diminutive of Per (Peter)

stone, rock

Swedish (diminutive of Per)

people, free man

Greek (Per) and Old Norse (Åke)

rock, stone (Per) and ancestor, father (Åke)

Greek (Per), Celtic (Allan)

rock, stone (Per); noble, precious (Allan)

1344.Per Anders

Greek, Germanic

rock man

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