Charlotte
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of French origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Charlotte (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Charlotte has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2000. 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 | 24 |
| 1999 | 30 |
| 2000 | 36 |
| 2001 | 21 |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 19 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 12 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 11,205 |
| 2000 | 11,325 |
| 2001 | 11,429 |
| 2002 | 11,516 |
| 2003 | 11,658 |
| 2004 | 11,786 |
| 2005 | 11,783 |
| 2006 | 11,808 |
| 2007 | 11,799 |
| 2008 | 11,851 |
| 2009 | 11,860 |
| 2010 | 11,858 |
| 2011 | 11,854 |
| 2012 | 11,825 |
| 2013 | 11,817 |
| 2014 | 11,826 |
| 2015 | 11,837 |
| 2016 | 11,874 |
| 2017 | 11,903 |
| 2018 | 11,916 |
| 2019 | 11,941 |
| 2020 | 11,953 |
Charlotte in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Charlotte.Hi! My name is Charlotte.
- Charlotte bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Charlotte lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Charlotte har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Charlotte has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Charlottes mamma är lärare.Charlotte's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Charlottes mamma is Charlotte's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Charlotte
How do you pronounce Charlotte in Swedish?
In IPA, Charlotte is /ɧaˈɭot/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Charlotte mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name of French origin.
How popular is Charlotte in Sweden?
8 babies were named Charlotte in 2022. In 2020, 11,953 people in Sweden had Charlotte as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2000 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.