Anette
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Annette.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Anette (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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 | 19,531 |
| 2000 | 19,558 |
| 2001 | 19,591 |
| 2002 | 19,615 |
| 2003 | 19,713 |
| 2004 | 19,708 |
| 2005 | 19,627 |
| 2006 | 19,616 |
| 2007 | 19,593 |
| 2008 | 19,675 |
| 2009 | 19,653 |
| 2010 | 19,634 |
| 2011 | 19,613 |
| 2012 | 19,573 |
| 2013 | 19,528 |
| 2014 | 19,504 |
| 2015 | 19,446 |
| 2016 | 19,381 |
| 2017 | 19,336 |
| 2018 | 19,271 |
| 2019 | 19,202 |
| 2020 | 19,123 |
Anette in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Anette.Hi! My name is Anette.
- Har du träffat Anette? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Anette? She started working here on Monday.
- Anette har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Anette has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Anettes mamma är lärare.Anette's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Anettes mamma is Anette's mum.
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Questions about Anette
How do you pronounce Anette in Swedish?
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What does the name Anette mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Annette.
How popular is Anette in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Anette in 2022. In 2020, 19,123 people in Sweden had Anette 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.