Alfrida
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Elfreda or German Elfriede.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Alfrida (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Alfrida has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 107 |
| 2000 | 99 |
| 2001 | 88 |
| 2002 | 85 |
| 2003 | 78 |
| 2004 | 76 |
| 2005 | 72 |
| 2006 | 71 |
| 2007 | 63 |
| 2008 | 63 |
| 2009 | 64 |
| 2010 | 62 |
| 2011 | 59 |
| 2012 | 60 |
| 2013 | 59 |
| 2014 | 59 |
| 2015 | 59 |
| 2016 | 57 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2018 | 57 |
| 2019 | 62 |
| 2020 | 66 |
Alfrida in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Alfrida.Hi! My name is Alfrida.
- Alfrida har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Alfrida has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Alfridas mamma är lärare.Alfrida's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Alfridas mamma is Alfrida's mum.
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Questions about Alfrida
How do you pronounce Alfrida in Swedish?
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What does the name Alfrida mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Elfreda or German Elfriede.
How popular is Alfrida in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Alfrida in 2022. In 2020, 66 people in Sweden had Alfrida as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 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.