Åse
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Åse yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,196 |
| 2000 | 2,175 |
| 2001 | 2,164 |
| 2002 | 2,152 |
| 2003 | 2,136 |
| 2004 | 2,132 |
| 2005 | 2,112 |
| 2006 | 2,086 |
| 2007 | 2,076 |
| 2008 | 2,067 |
| 2009 | 2,062 |
| 2010 | 2,059 |
| 2011 | 2,043 |
| 2012 | 2,035 |
| 2013 | 2,025 |
| 2014 | 2,005 |
| 2015 | 1,997 |
| 2016 | 1,982 |
| 2017 | 1,967 |
| 2018 | 1,958 |
| 2019 | 1,939 |
| 2020 | 1,918 |
Åse in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Åse.Hi! My name is Åse.
- Åse har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Åse has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Åses mamma är lärare.Åse's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Åses mamma is Åse's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Åse
How do you pronounce Åse in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Åse in your device's Swedish voice. Å is close to the vowel in 'more'.
How popular is Åse in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Åse in 2022. In 2020, 1,918 people in Sweden had Åse as the first name they go by.
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.