Eden
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”). From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Eden (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Eden has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | 5 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | 2 |
| 2007 | 7 | – |
| 2008 | 11 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | – |
| 2010 | 13 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | 2 |
| 2012 | 12 | 2 |
| 2013 | 12 | 6 |
| 2014 | 9 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | 2 |
| 2016 | 11 | 5 |
| 2017 | 10 | 5 |
| 2018 | 21 | 5 |
| 2019 | 5 | 9 |
| 2020 | 23 | 3 |
| 2021 | 15 | 7 |
| 2022 | 18 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 100 | – |
| 2000 | 107 | – |
| 2001 | 117 | – |
| 2002 | 127 | – |
| 2003 | 135 | – |
| 2004 | 147 | – |
| 2005 | 149 | – |
| 2006 | 164 | – |
| 2007 | 179 | – |
| 2008 | 201 | – |
| 2009 | 226 | 10 |
| 2010 | 255 | 11 |
| 2011 | 284 | 13 |
| 2012 | 316 | 15 |
| 2013 | 352 | 22 |
| 2014 | 374 | 21 |
| 2015 | 421 | 23 |
| 2016 | 462 | 33 |
| 2017 | 497 | 37 |
| 2018 | 538 | 47 |
| 2019 | 562 | 57 |
| 2020 | 597 | 60 |
Eden in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Eden.Hi! My name is Eden.
- Eden har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Eden has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Eden kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Eden is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Edens mamma är lärare.Eden's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Edens mamma is Eden's mum.
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Questions about Eden
How do you pronounce Eden in Swedish?
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What does the name Eden mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Hebrew from the biblical place name; also a medieval diminutive of Old English compound names beginning with the element ēad (“riches”). From Biblical Hebrew עֵדֶן (ʿḗḏen), perhaps from Sumerian 𒂔 (edin, “steppe, garden”).
How popular is Eden in Sweden?
27 babies were named Eden in 2022. In 2020, 657 people in Sweden had Eden as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 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.