Swedish Submitted Names

Swedish names are used in the country of Sweden in northern Europe. See also about Scandinavian names.

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Submitted names are contributed by users of this website. The accuracy of these name definitions cannot be guaranteed.

Ylwa f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Ylva.

Yngva f Swedish (Rare), Norwegian (Rare), Danish (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Feminine form of Yngve and Yngvar.

Yngvild f Faroese, Norwegian, Danish (Rare), Swedish (Archaic)
Younger form of Yngvildr.

Yngvor f Swedish
Modern Swedish form of Yngvǫr.

Yngwie m Swedish (Rare)
Likely an anglicized form of Yngve, used by Swedish musician Yngwie Malmsteen (born Lars Johan Yngve Lannerbäck in 1963).

Yohanna f Amharic, Swedish (Rare), Nigerian (Rare), Various
Amharic form of Johanna as well as a variant in other languages. In Amharic, this makes it the feminine form of Yohannes.

Yrja f Icelandic, Norwegian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Feminine form of Yrjan and Yrjar as well as a variant of Irja as well as a derivation from Old Norse yrja "drizzling rain".

Yrjan m Norwegian, Swedish
Younger form of Yrian.

Yrla f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Popular Culture
Combination of Swedish yra "rave, to whirl" (ultimately from yr "lively, jolly") and virvla, also meaning "to whirl". The name was invented by Swedish screenwriter Christina Herrström for a character in the TV series 'Ebba och Didrik' (1990).

Yrsa f Old Norse, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese
Of unknown meaning. Theories include a derivation from an Ancient Norse word for "she-bear" with the same roots as Latin ursa (compare Ursula, which used to be used as a Latinization of Yrsa), even though this seems rather unlikely... [more]

Yrse f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Yrsa.

Yrsi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Yrsa.

Ywonne f Swedish
Variant of Yvonne.

Zabine f Swedish (Rare), Danish (Rare)
Variant of Zabina.

Zacheus m Medieval English, Medieval German, Swedish (Rare)
Medieval form of Zacchaeus.

Zachris m Swedish, Finnish
Short form of Zacharias.

Zackarias m Swedish
Swedish variant of Zacharias.

Zackeus m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Sackeus (see Zacchaeus).

Zaga f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), Norwegian (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Saga.

Zakarias m Swedish, Basque, Danish, Norwegian (Rare), Faroese (Rare)
Form of Zacharias.

Zakeus m Hungarian (Rare), Swedish (Rare)
Hungarian short form of Zacharias and Swedish variant of Sakaios (see Zacchaeus).

Zakris m Swedish (Rare, Archaic)
Swedish short form of Zakarias.

Zanna f Swedish (Modern)
Variant of Sanna.

Zäta m & f Swedish (Rare)
From the Swedish name for the letter Z. Often a nickname for someone whose name (either first or last) start with Z, it is sometimes used as a given name in its own right.

Zavannah f Swedish (Modern, Rare), Danish (Modern, Rare), English (American, Modern, Rare)
Variant of Savannah.

Zebastian m Swedish (Modern, Rare)
Variant of Sebastian.

Zefanias m Swedish (Rare)
Swedish form of Zephaniah.

Zelmer m Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Selmer.

Zenna f English (Rare), Dutch (Rare), Swedish (Rare)

Zerny f & m Swedish
Unexplained.

Zissi f Swedish (Rare)
Variant of Cissi.

Zuzetta f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.

Zuzette f Danish, Swedish
Variant of Suzette.

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