98 Popular Swedish Baby Boy Names and Their Meanings
Tanaya Navalkar
Your bundle of joy is on its way? We are guessing that you must have thought of or are thinking of some unique name for your boy. Why not keep a Swedish name? We rightly provide you with a list of popular Swedish names for a baby boy.
Did You Know?
The naming law in Sweden requires people to first take approval from the government before naming their children. It states that first names shall not be approved if they cause any offense or discomfort. Some of the rejected names were Metallica, Superman, Ikea, and Elvis.
Everyone knows us by our names. It is a part of our identity. Names help us to distinguish from one another. Coming up with a unique and nice name for your baby can take a long, long time. Sometimes it can get intimidating as well if you are not able to think of a nice name for your child.
Thinking of keeping a Swedish name for your kid? We will make your task easy. Here's a list of Swedish names and their meanings. The Swedish names were originated from the names of places, mythology, history, nature, and many more.
From the pool of names given below, narrow down to one or may be two names for your baby boy. The most popular ones are Anders, Bengt, Erik, Gunnar, Johan, Karl, Hans, Lennart, Mikael, Oscar, Peter, Sven, and Tage.
Swedish Names for Boys and Their Meanings
A Adolf/Adolphus - Noble Wolf Alfonso - Noble Alfred - Name of a king Aron - Lofty or inspired Antonius - Priceless
B
Bengt - The blessed one Birger - One who helps Baltasar - Protected by God
Benedikt - Blessed Berg - Mountain
C
Casper - King of the treasure Claes - People's triumph Christer - Christian man Carl - Man Caesar - Long Hair
D
David - Beloved Davin - Intelligent Dagmar - Famous day Dag - Day
E
Edvard - Wealthy guard Eddy - Prosperous protector Erling - Noble man's offspring Emil - Industrious Erik - Powerful
F
Felix - Name of a saint Filip - Loves horses Folke - From the people Frans - French man Frederek - Peaceful ruler
G
Gabriel - God is my strength Gunne - Army
Gerhard - Spear courageous Gudrun - Wise Greger - Watchful H
Halvard - Defender of the rock Hermann - Warrior Harald - Powerful man Hans - Gift from God Hedwig - Refuge from the battle
I
Ingemar - Famous Ingolf - Ing's wolf Isak - Laugh Ivar - Archer Ingegard - King's helper
J
Jan - Gift from God Janne - God is merciful Jerker - King forever Justus - Just Johan - Gift from God
K
Klas - People's triumph Kalle - Strong Karl - Manly Konrad - Brave adviser Kristian - Form of Christian
L
Lars - Laurels Lennart - Lion Lucio - Light Ludvik - Famous warrior Lukas - Light
M
Magnus - Great Manfred - Peaceful Markus - Warring Mikael - Gift from God Melker - King
N
Natanael - Gift of God Nels - Chief Niklas - Victory of people Nansen - Nancy's son Noak - Rest
O
Olga - Holy Otto - Wealthy Oscar - Divine spear Olof - Relic Ove - Ancestors
P
Patrik - Noble Peder - Rock Peter - Rock Pelle - Rock Poul - Small
R
Roald - Famous leader Rikard - Powerful ruler Ralf - As wise as a wolf Ragnvard - Powerful fighter
S
Salomon - Peace Samson - His service Stefan - Man with crown Sten - Stone Sven - Young
T
Tage - Day Thor - Mythical God of thunder Tobias - God is good Torbjorn - Thunder bear Tor - King
V
Valdemar - Powerful Valentin - Brave Valfrid - Peace
Vidar - Fighter in the woods Ville - Strong mind and protection
Chosen any name yet? We hope this list was useful to you. We might have missed out on some names.