Boel
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Bodil.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Boel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Boel has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 13 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 15 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 15 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,492 |
| 2000 | 1,483 |
| 2001 | 1,475 |
| 2002 | 1,467 |
| 2003 | 1,463 |
| 2004 | 1,455 |
| 2005 | 1,452 |
| 2006 | 1,452 |
| 2007 | 1,449 |
| 2008 | 1,443 |
| 2009 | 1,436 |
| 2010 | 1,434 |
| 2011 | 1,432 |
| 2012 | 1,437 |
| 2013 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 1,435 |
| 2015 | 1,432 |
| 2016 | 1,428 |
| 2017 | 1,431 |
| 2018 | 1,429 |
| 2019 | 1,421 |
| 2020 | 1,425 |
Boel in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Boel.Hi! My name is Boel.
- Boel bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Boel lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Boel har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Boel has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Boels mamma är lärare.Boel's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Boels mamma is Boel's mum.
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Questions about Boel
How do you pronounce Boel in Swedish?
In IPA, Boel is /¹buːɛl/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Boel mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Bodil.
How popular is Boel in Sweden?
15 babies were named Boel in 2022. In 2020, 1,425 people in Sweden had Boel as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 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.