Daniel
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel. From Vulgate Latin Daniel, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Daniel (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Daniel has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | 759 |
| 1999 | 741 |
| 2000 | 619 |
| 2001 | 461 |
| 2002 | 458 |
| 2003 | 385 |
| 2004 | 355 |
| 2005 | 319 |
| 2006 | 271 |
| 2007 | 243 |
| 2008 | 208 |
| 2009 | 211 |
| 2010 | 220 |
| 2011 | 174 |
| 2012 | 192 |
| 2013 | 169 |
| 2014 | 164 |
| 2015 | 187 |
| 2016 | 164 |
| 2017 | 164 |
| 2018 | 156 |
| 2019 | 142 |
| 2020 | 128 |
| 2021 | 133 |
| 2022 | 112 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 45,482 |
| 2000 | 46,753 |
| 2001 | 47,820 |
| 2002 | 48,890 |
| 2003 | 49,993 |
| 2004 | 50,798 |
| 2005 | 51,247 |
| 2006 | 51,903 |
| 2007 | 52,328 |
| 2008 | 52,929 |
| 2009 | 53,204 |
| 2010 | 53,465 |
| 2011 | 53,704 |
| 2012 | 53,959 |
| 2013 | 54,270 |
| 2014 | 54,609 |
| 2015 | 54,997 |
| 2016 | 55,414 |
| 2017 | 55,790 |
| 2018 | 56,130 |
| 2019 | 56,464 |
| 2020 | 56,676 |
Daniel in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Daniel.Hi! My name is Daniel.
- Daniel har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Daniel has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Daniel i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Daniel this afternoon.
- Daniels mamma är lärare.Daniel's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Daniels mamma is Daniel's mum.
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Questions about Daniel
How do you pronounce Daniel in Swedish?
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What does the name Daniel mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Daniel. From Vulgate Latin Daniel, ultimately of Hebrew origin. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1246.
How popular is Daniel in Sweden?
112 babies were named Daniel in 2022. In 2020, 56,676 people in Sweden had Daniel as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.