Disa
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Dísa, short form of names containing the element dís (“minor goddess”). Name of a legendary Swedish queen, revived as a given name since 1788. Later also used as a diminutive of Desirée.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Disa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Disa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. 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 | 17 |
| 1999 | 26 |
| 2000 | 21 |
| 2001 | 34 |
| 2002 | 33 |
| 2003 | 37 |
| 2004 | 39 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 46 |
| 2007 | 43 |
| 2008 | 36 |
| 2009 | 38 |
| 2010 | 48 |
| 2011 | 33 |
| 2012 | 40 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 33 |
| 2015 | 42 |
| 2016 | 39 |
| 2017 | 33 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 31 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 33 |
| 2022 | 34 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,019 |
| 2000 | 1,008 |
| 2001 | 1,013 |
| 2002 | 1,024 |
| 2003 | 1,036 |
| 2004 | 1,047 |
| 2005 | 1,066 |
| 2006 | 1,077 |
| 2007 | 1,095 |
| 2008 | 1,110 |
| 2009 | 1,138 |
| 2010 | 1,171 |
| 2011 | 1,185 |
| 2012 | 1,199 |
| 2013 | 1,206 |
| 2014 | 1,215 |
| 2015 | 1,247 |
| 2016 | 1,275 |
| 2017 | 1,298 |
| 2018 | 1,301 |
| 2019 | 1,319 |
| 2020 | 1,330 |
Disa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Disa.Hi! My name is Disa.
- Disa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Disa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Disas mamma är lärare.Disa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Disas mamma is Disa's mum.
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Questions about Disa
How do you pronounce Disa in Swedish?
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What does the name Disa mean?
From Old Norse Dísa, short form of names containing the element dís (“minor goddess”). Name of a legendary Swedish queen, revived as a given name since 1788. Later also used as a diminutive of Desirée.
How popular is Disa in Sweden?
34 babies were named Disa in 2022. In 2020, 1,330 people in Sweden had Disa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 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.