Anne
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given name Anders, Anton or Arne. From French Anne. First recorded as a given name of Swedes in 1773.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Anne (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Anne has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9,973 |
| 2000 | 9,879 |
| 2001 | 9,855 |
| 2002 | 9,807 |
| 2003 | 9,759 |
| 2004 | 9,694 |
| 2005 | 9,625 |
| 2006 | 9,585 |
| 2007 | 9,573 |
| 2008 | 9,575 |
| 2009 | 9,556 |
| 2010 | 9,537 |
| 2011 | 9,513 |
| 2012 | 9,479 |
| 2013 | 9,419 |
| 2014 | 9,414 |
| 2015 | 9,375 |
| 2016 | 9,337 |
| 2017 | 9,267 |
| 2018 | 9,231 |
| 2019 | 9,191 |
| 2020 | 9,125 |
Anne in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Anne.Hi! My name is Anne.
- Anne bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Anne lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Anne har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Anne has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Annes mamma är lärare.Anne's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Annes mamma is Anne's mum.
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Questions about Anne
How do you pronounce Anne in Swedish?
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What does the name Anne mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given name Anders, Anton or Arne. From French Anne. First recorded as a given name of Swedes in 1773.
How popular is Anne in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Anne in 2022. In 2020, 9,125 people in Sweden had Anne as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2004 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.