Desirée
Meaning and origin
Introduced to Sweden by the early 19th century French-born queen Désirée Bernadotte. Desirée is the most popular spelling in Sweden.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Desirée (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Desirée has been fairly steady 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 18 |
| 1999 | 13 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 11 |
| 2014 | 10 |
| 2015 | 10 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 921 |
| 2000 | 940 |
| 2001 | 962 |
| 2002 | 968 |
| 2003 | 994 |
| 2004 | 1,011 |
| 2005 | 1,016 |
| 2006 | 1,026 |
| 2007 | 1,036 |
| 2008 | 1,054 |
| 2009 | 1,069 |
| 2010 | 1,075 |
| 2011 | 1,089 |
| 2012 | 1,096 |
| 2013 | 1,102 |
| 2014 | 1,110 |
| 2015 | 1,127 |
| 2016 | 1,129 |
| 2017 | 1,138 |
| 2018 | 1,143 |
| 2019 | 1,143 |
| 2020 | 1,151 |
Desirée in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Desirée.Hi! My name is Desirée.
- Desirée har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Desirée has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Desirée i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Desirée this afternoon.
- Desirées mamma är lärare.Desirée's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Desirées mamma is Desirée's mum.
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Questions about Desirée
How do you pronounce Desirée in Swedish?
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What does the name Desirée mean?
Introduced to Sweden by the early 19th century French-born queen Désirée Bernadotte. Desirée is the most popular spelling in Sweden.
How popular is Desirée in Sweden?
2 babies were named Desirée in 2022. In 2020, 1,151 people in Sweden had Desirée as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady 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.