Ask
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ask (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ask has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 14 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2002 | 20 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 22 |
| 2005 | 25 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2007 | 29 |
| 2008 | 30 |
| 2009 | 33 |
| 2010 | 35 |
| 2011 | 39 |
| 2012 | 42 |
| 2013 | 44 |
| 2014 | 46 |
| 2015 | 51 |
| 2016 | 54 |
| 2017 | 60 |
| 2018 | 66 |
| 2019 | 69 |
| 2020 | 82 |
Ask in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ask.Hi! My name is Ask.
- Har du träffat Ask? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Ask? He started working here on Monday.
- Ask har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ask has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Asks mamma är lärare.Ask's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Asks mamma is Ask's mum.
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Questions about Ask
How do you pronounce Ask in Swedish?
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What does the name Ask mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Askr, from askr (“ash tree”).
How popular is Ask in Sweden?
4 babies were named Ask in 2022. In 2020, 82 people in Sweden had Ask as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 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.