Edit
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from English Edith.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Edit (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Edit has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | – |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 13 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 21 |
| 2005 | 37 |
| 2006 | 35 |
| 2007 | 35 |
| 2008 | 40 |
| 2009 | 46 |
| 2010 | 42 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 36 |
| 2013 | 34 |
| 2014 | 46 |
| 2015 | 49 |
| 2016 | 26 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 24 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 23 |
| 2022 | 28 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,448 |
| 2000 | 6,911 |
| 2001 | 6,444 |
| 2002 | 5,976 |
| 2003 | 5,543 |
| 2004 | 5,127 |
| 2005 | 4,784 |
| 2006 | 4,429 |
| 2007 | 4,135 |
| 2008 | 3,845 |
| 2009 | 3,596 |
| 2010 | 3,379 |
| 2011 | 3,201 |
| 2012 | 2,982 |
| 2013 | 2,795 |
| 2014 | 2,625 |
| 2015 | 2,474 |
| 2016 | 2,330 |
| 2017 | 2,191 |
| 2018 | 2,059 |
| 2019 | 1,970 |
| 2020 | 1,848 |
Edit in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Edit.Hi! My name is Edit.
- Edit ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Edit called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Edit har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Edit has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Edits mamma är lärare.Edit's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Edits mamma is Edit's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Edit
How do you pronounce Edit in Swedish?
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What does the name Edit mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name derived from English Edith.
How popular is Edit in Sweden?
28 babies were named Edit in 2022. In 2020, 1,848 people in Sweden had Edit as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 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.