Annelie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Anneli.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Annelie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Annelie has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,206 |
| 2000 | 8,249 |
| 2001 | 8,273 |
| 2002 | 8,303 |
| 2003 | 8,332 |
| 2004 | 8,377 |
| 2005 | 8,390 |
| 2006 | 8,418 |
| 2007 | 8,436 |
| 2008 | 8,474 |
| 2009 | 8,491 |
| 2010 | 8,498 |
| 2011 | 8,534 |
| 2012 | 8,549 |
| 2013 | 8,552 |
| 2014 | 8,553 |
| 2015 | 8,562 |
| 2016 | 8,559 |
| 2017 | 8,553 |
| 2018 | 8,553 |
| 2019 | 8,572 |
| 2020 | 8,568 |
Annelie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Annelie.Hi! My name is Annelie.
- Annelie bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Annelie lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Annelie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Annelie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Annelies mamma är lärare.Annelie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Annelies mamma is Annelie's mum.
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Questions about Annelie
How do you pronounce Annelie in Swedish?
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What does the name Annelie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Anneli.
How popular is Annelie in Sweden?
2 babies were named Annelie in 2022. In 2020, 8,568 people in Sweden had Annelie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 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.