Bengta
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of rather rare usage, masculine equivalent Bengt, equivalent to English Benedicta.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Bengta (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 | 165 |
| 2000 | 155 |
| 2001 | 150 |
| 2002 | 147 |
| 2003 | 138 |
| 2004 | 134 |
| 2005 | 129 |
| 2006 | 120 |
| 2007 | 115 |
| 2008 | 108 |
| 2009 | 102 |
| 2010 | 97 |
| 2011 | 88 |
| 2012 | 82 |
| 2013 | 73 |
| 2014 | 67 |
| 2015 | 64 |
| 2016 | 59 |
| 2017 | 55 |
| 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 47 |
| 2020 | 42 |
Bengta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Bengta.Hi! My name is Bengta.
- Har du träffat Bengta? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Bengta? She started working here on Monday.
- Bengta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Bengta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Bengtas mamma är lärare.Bengta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Bengtas mamma is Bengta's mum.
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Questions about Bengta
How do you pronounce Bengta in Swedish?
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What does the name Bengta mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of rather rare usage, masculine equivalent Bengt, equivalent to English Benedicta.
How popular is Bengta in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Bengta in 2022. In 2020, 42 people in Sweden had Bengta 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.