The names listed here are used in Sweden. See also about Scandinavian names.

KERSTIN   f   German, Swedish
Low German and Swedish form of CHRISTINA

KIA   f   Swedish
Diminutive of KRISTINA

KJERSTIN   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian form of CHRISTINA

KLARA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Slovene, Latvian
Cognate of CLARA

KRISTIN   f   Scandinavian, German, English
Scandinavian and German form of CHRISTINA

KRISTINA   f   Swedish, Russian, German, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Serbian, Croatian, English, Bulgarian
Cognate of CHRISTINA, and a Bulgarian variant of HRISTINA.

LAURA   f   English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Polish, Slovene, Scandinavian, German, Dutch
Feminine form of the Late Latin name Laurus, which meant "laurel"... [more]

LENA   f   Scandinavian, German, Russian, English
Scandinavian, German and English short form of HELENA or MAGDALENA, and a Russian short form of YELENA.

LENNIE   m & f   English, Swedish
Diminutive of LEONARD, LENNART or LENA

LINA (2)   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in lina.

LINDA   f   English, Dutch, German, Scandinavian, Italian, Hungarian, Czech, Slovak, Bulgarian
Originally a medieval short form of Germanic names containing the element linde meaning "soft, tender"... [more]

LINE   f   Scandinavian
Short form of names ending in line.

LINN   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

LINNÉA   f   Swedish
From the name of a flower, also known as the twinflower... [more]

LIS   f   Scandinavian
Short form of ELISABET

LISA   f   English, German, Dutch, Scandinavian
Short form of ELIZABETH, ELISABETH or ELISABET... [more]

LISBET   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of ELISABET

LISE   f   French, Scandinavian, English
Short form of ELISABETH or ELIZABETH

LIV   f   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse hlif meaning "protection"... [more]

LOTTA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Short form of CHARLOTTA

LOVISA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of LOUIS

LUCIA   f   Italian, German, English, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovak, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of LUCIUS... [more]

MAGDA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Portuguese
Short form of MAGDALENA

MAGDALENA   f   German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Spanish, Czech, Polish, Bulgarian, Romanian
Latinate form of MAGDALENE

MAJA (1)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Cognate of MAIA (1)

MAJA (2)   f   German, Scandinavian, Polish, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian
Diminutive of MARIA

MAJKEN   f   Danish, Swedish
Variant of MAIKEN

MALENA   f   Swedish, Spanish
Swedish and Spanish short form of MAGDALENA

MALIN   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MAGDALENE

MARGARETA   f   German, Scandinavian, Romanian, Slovene, Dutch
Cognate of MARGARET

MARGIT   f   Hungarian, Scandinavian
Hungarian and Scandinavian form of MARGARET

MARI   f   Welsh, Breton, Finnish, Hungarian, Scandinavian
Welsh, Breton, Estonian and Finnish form of MARY, as well as a Hungarian diminutive of MÁRIA... [more]

MARIA   f & m   Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Greek, Polish, Romanian, English, Finnish, Icelandic, Corsican, Basque
Latin form of Greek Μαρια, from Hebrew מִרְיָם (see MARY)... [more]

MARIT   f   Norwegian, Swedish
Norwegian and Swedish form of MARGARET

MARNA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of MARINA

MÄRTA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of MARGARETA

MARTA   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Romanian, Polish, Slovene, Bulgarian, Serbian, Swedish, Norwegian, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of MARTHA

MARTHA   f   English, Scandinavian, Greek, Biblical
Means "mistress of the house" or "lady" in Aramaic... [more]

MARTINA   f   German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, English, Czech, Croatian, Slovak, Slovene, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Martinus (see MARTIN)... [more]

MATHILDA   f   English, Swedish
Variant of MATILDA

MATILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish, Slovak
From the Germanic name Mahthildis meaning "strength in battle", from the elements maht "might, strength" and hild "battle"... [more]

MERIT (2)   f   Swedish
Variant of MARIT

META   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian short form of MARGARET

MIA   f   Scandinavian, Dutch, German, English
Scandinavian, Dutch and German diminutive of MARIA

MICHAELA   f   German, Swedish, English, Czech, Slovak
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MIKAELA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of MICHAEL

MILLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Short form of CAMILLA and other names that end in milla.

MILLY   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian diminutive of EMILIE

MOA   f   Swedish
Possibly derived from Swedish moder meaning "mother"... [more]

MONA (2)   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of MONIKA

MONIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Czech, Slovak, Polish, Slovene, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of MONICA

MY   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of MARIA

NANNA   f   Scandinavian
Derived from Old Norse nenna meaning "brave"... [more]

NEA   f   Swedish
Short form of LINNÉA

NORA   f   Irish, English, Scandinavian, German
Diminutive of HONORA or ELEANOR... [more]

OLGA   f   Russian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Slovene, Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian, Portuguese, Spanish
Russian form of HELGA... [more]

PAULA   f   German, English, Finnish, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Hungarian, Polish, Dutch, Scandinavian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulus (see PAUL)... [more]

PAULINA   f   Spanish, Polish, Swedish, English, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PAULINE   f   French, English, German, Scandinavian
French feminine form of Paulinus (see PAULINO).

PERNILLA   f   Swedish
Swedish short form of PETRONILLA

PETRA   f   Greek, German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Dutch, Czech, Slovene, Hungarian, English
Feminine form of PETER... [more]

PETRONELLA   f   Dutch, German, Swedish
Dutch, German and Swedish form of PETRONILLA

PIA   f   Italian, Scandinavian, German, Polish, Slovene, Late Roman
Feminine form of PIUS

RAGNA   f   Scandinavian
Short form of Old Norse names beginning with the element regin "advice, counsel".

RAGNHILD   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Ragnhildr, composed of the elements regin "advice, counsel" and hildr "battle".

RAKEL   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian form of RACHEL

REBECCA   f   English, Italian, Swedish, Biblical
From the Hebrew name רִבְקָה (Rivqah), possibly meaning "a snare" in Hebrew, or perhaps derived from an Aramaic name... [more]

REBECKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of REBECCA

REGINA   f   English, Italian, Polish, German, Scandinavian, Late Roman
Late Latin name meaning "queen"... [more]

RIKA   f   Swedish, Dutch
Short form of FREDRIKA, HENRIKA, and other names ending in rika.

RITA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Short form of MARGARITA and other names ending in rita... [more]

RONJA   f   Swedish
Invented by Swedish children's author Astrid Lindgren, who based it on the middle portion of Juronjaure, the name of a lake in Sweden... [more]

ROSA (1)   f   Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Dutch, English
Latinate form of ROSE... [more]

ROSEMARIE   f   German, Scandinavian
Combination of ROSE and MARIE

RUNA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of RUNE

RUT   f   Swedish, German, Italian, Spanish
Cognate of RUTH

RUTH   f   English, German, Scandinavian, Biblical
From a Hebrew name which was derived from the Hebrew word רְעוּת (re'ut) meaning "friend"... [more]

SANDRA   f   Italian, English, Portuguese, German, Dutch, Scandinavian, Finnish, Latvian, Lithuanian, Slovene
Short form of ALESSANDRA... [more]

SANNA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of SUSANNA... [more]

SARA   f   Greek, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Slovene, Polish, English, Arabic
Cognate of SARAH

SASSA   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of ASTRID or SARAH

SELMA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
Meaning unknown, possibly a short form of ANSELMA... [more]

SIBYLLA   f   Greek, German, Swedish
Greek and Latinate form of SIBYL

SIGNE   f   Scandinavian
Variant of SIGNY

SIGNY   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
From the Old Norse name Signý, which was derived from the element sigr "victory" combined with ný "new"... [more]

SIGRID   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Sigríðr, which was derived from the elements sigr "victory" and fríðr "beautiful, fair".

SIGRUN   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of SIGRÚN

SIRI   f   Scandinavian
Short form of SIGRID

SIV   f   Scandinavian, Norse Mythology
Means "bride" in Old Norse. In Norse mythology Siv was the wife of Thor.

SOFIA   f   Norwegian, Swedish, German, Italian, Portuguese, Catalan, Greek, Finnish
Variant of SOPHIA

SOLVIG   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SOLVEIG

SONJA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene, Serbian
Cognate of SONYA

STINA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian short form of CHRISTINA and other names ending in stina.

SUSANN   f   German, Swedish
German and Swedish variant of SUSANNA

SUSANNA   f   Italian, Swedish, Finnish, Russian, Dutch, English, Biblical
From Σουσαννα (Sousanna), the Greek form of the Hebrew name שׁוֹשַׁנָּה (Shoshannah)... [more]

SUSANNE   f   German, Scandinavian
German form of SUSANNA

SVEA   f   Swedish
Means "Sweden" in Swedish... [more]

SYLVIA   f   English, Scandinavian, German
Variant of SILVIA... [more]

SYNNÖVE   f   Swedish
Swedish form of SUNNIVA

TEA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish, Slovene
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA

TEKLA   f   Scandinavian, Russian, Polish
Scandinavian, Russian and Polish form of THEKLA

TEODORA   f   Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Swedish, Romanian, Polish, Bulgarian
Feminine form of Theodoros (see THEODORE).

TERESA   f   Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Polish, German, Scandinavian, English
Cognate of THERESA... [more]

TERESIA   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of THERESA

TESSAN   f   Swedish
Swedish diminutive of THERESA

THEA   f   German, Scandinavian, English
Short form of THEODORA or DOROTHEA

THERESA   f   English, German, Scandinavian
From the Spanish and Portuguese name Teresa... [more]

THERESE   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian variant of THERESA

THERESIA   f   German, Dutch, Swedish
German, Dutch and Swedish form of THERESA

THORA   f   Scandinavian, German
Feminine form of Þórr (see THOR)... [more]

THYRA   f   Scandinavian
Variant of TYRA

TILDA   f   English, Swedish, Finnish
Short form of MATILDA

TORA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TORE (1)

TORBORG   f   Scandinavian
From the Old Norse name Þórbjörg, which meant "Thor's protection" from the name of the Norse god Þórr (see THOR) combined with björg "protection, help".

TOVA (2)   f   Swedish
Swedish variant of TOVE

TOVE   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of the Old Norse name Tófa, a short form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR.

TURID   f   Scandinavian
Modern form of ÞÓRFRÍÐR

TUVA   f   Swedish, Norwegian
Swedish and Norwegian variant of TOVE

TYRA   f   Scandinavian
Feminine form of TYR

ULLA   f   Scandinavian, Finnish
Diminutive of ULRIKA

ULRICA   f   Swedish
Feminine form of ULRIC

ULRIKA   f   German, Scandinavian, Finnish
German and Scandinavian feminine form of ULRICH... [more]

URSULA   f   English, Scandinavian, German, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish
Means "little bear", derived from a diminutive form of the Latin word ursa "she-bear"... [more]

VANJA   f   Scandinavian
Scandinavian feminine form of VANYA

VENDELA   f   Swedish
Swedish feminine form of WENDEL

VERA (1)   f   Russian, English, German, Scandinavian, Dutch, Slovene, Portuguese
Means "faith" in Russian, though it is sometimes associated with the Latin word verus "true"... [more]

VERONIKA   f   Russian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Bulgarian, Scandinavian, German, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Latvian
Cognate of VERONICA

VIKTORIA   f   German, Scandinavian
German and Scandinavian form of VICTORIA (1)

VILHELMINA   f   Swedish, Finnish
Swedish and Finnish feminine form of WILLIAM

VILMA   f   Spanish, Hungarian, German, Swedish, Czech, Slovak
Cognate of WILMA

VIOLA   f   English, Italian, Scandinavian
Means "violet" in Latin... [more]

VIRGINIA   f   English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Swedish, Romanian, Ancient Roman
Feminine form of the Roman family name Verginius which is of unknown meaning, but long associated with Latin virgo "maid, virgin"... [more]

VIVEKA   f   Swedish
Swedish form of WIBEKE

YLVA   f   Scandinavian
Means "she-wolf", a derivative of Old Norse úlfr "wolf".