Conny
Meaning and origin
Used since the end of the nineteenth century. Explained in Sweden as an English pet form of Constantine and Conrad.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Conny (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Conny has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 56 | 8,792 |
| 2000 | 54 | 8,848 |
| 2001 | 52 | 8,887 |
| 2002 | 52 | 8,915 |
| 2003 | 51 | 8,985 |
| 2004 | 48 | 8,976 |
| 2005 | 47 | 8,908 |
| 2006 | 49 | 8,887 |
| 2007 | 46 | 8,853 |
| 2008 | 45 | 8,860 |
| 2009 | 46 | 8,816 |
| 2010 | 46 | 8,771 |
| 2011 | 47 | 8,728 |
| 2012 | 45 | 8,702 |
| 2013 | 42 | 8,657 |
| 2014 | 42 | 8,584 |
| 2015 | 39 | 8,535 |
| 2016 | 39 | 8,480 |
| 2017 | 41 | 8,411 |
| 2018 | 41 | 8,364 |
| 2019 | 37 | 8,303 |
| 2020 | 37 | 8,236 |
Conny in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Conny.Hi! My name is Conny.
- Har du träffat Conny? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Conny? He started working here on Monday.
- Conny har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Conny has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Connys mamma är lärare.Conny's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Connys mamma is Conny's mum.
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Questions about Conny
How do you pronounce Conny in Swedish?
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What does the name Conny mean?
Used since the end of the nineteenth century. Explained in Sweden as an English pet form of Constantine and Conrad.
How popular is Conny in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Conny in 2022. In 2020, 8,273 people in Sweden had Conny as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 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.