Ebbe
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Danish. From Danish, shortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ebbe (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ebbe has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | 11 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 38 |
| 2005 | 41 |
| 2006 | 49 |
| 2007 | 62 |
| 2008 | 74 |
| 2009 | 114 |
| 2010 | 134 |
| 2011 | 134 |
| 2012 | 230 |
| 2013 | 221 |
| 2014 | 329 |
| 2015 | 358 |
| 2016 | 332 |
| 2017 | 330 |
| 2018 | 368 |
| 2019 | 367 |
| 2020 | 369 |
| 2021 | 406 |
| 2022 | 343 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,418 |
| 2000 | 1,385 |
| 2001 | 1,352 |
| 2002 | 1,319 |
| 2003 | 1,308 |
| 2004 | 1,318 |
| 2005 | 1,320 |
| 2006 | 1,340 |
| 2007 | 1,370 |
| 2008 | 1,408 |
| 2009 | 1,479 |
| 2010 | 1,569 |
| 2011 | 1,659 |
| 2012 | 1,847 |
| 2013 | 2,027 |
| 2014 | 2,326 |
| 2015 | 2,654 |
| 2016 | 2,953 |
| 2017 | 3,262 |
| 2018 | 3,594 |
| 2019 | 3,936 |
| 2020 | 4,273 |
Ebbe in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ebbe.Hi! My name is Ebbe.
- Ebbe bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Ebbe lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Ebbe i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Ebbe this afternoon.
- Ebbes mamma är lärare.Ebbe's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ebbes mamma is Ebbe's mum.
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Questions about Ebbe
How do you pronounce Ebbe in Swedish?
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What does the name Ebbe mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Danish. From Danish, shortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).
How popular is Ebbe in Sweden?
343 babies were named Ebbe in 2022. In 2020, 4,273 people in Sweden had Ebbe as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.