Adnan
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic عَدْنَان (ʕadnān, “settler”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Adnan (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Adnan has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 11 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 13 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2007 | 15 |
| 2008 | 17 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 18 |
| 2013 | 12 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 22 |
| 2022 | 22 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 890 |
| 2000 | 919 |
| 2001 | 949 |
| 2002 | 979 |
| 2003 | 1,021 |
| 2004 | 1,057 |
| 2005 | 1,096 |
| 2006 | 1,154 |
| 2007 | 1,226 |
| 2008 | 1,289 |
| 2009 | 1,343 |
| 2010 | 1,399 |
| 2011 | 1,432 |
| 2012 | 1,492 |
| 2013 | 1,581 |
| 2014 | 1,714 |
| 2015 | 1,839 |
| 2016 | 1,998 |
| 2017 | 2,111 |
| 2018 | 2,207 |
| 2019 | 2,276 |
| 2020 | 2,298 |
Adnan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Adnan.Hi! My name is Adnan.
- Adnan bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Adnan lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Adnan kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Adnan is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Adnans mamma är lärare.Adnan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Adnans mamma is Adnan's mum.
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What does the name Adnan mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic عَدْنَان (ʕadnān, “settler”).
How popular is Adnan in Sweden?
22 babies were named Adnan in 2022. In 2020, 2,298 people in Sweden had Adnan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
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.