Edla
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Ethel or Adela, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element adal, edel "noble".
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Edla (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Edla has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 11 |
| 2017 | 6 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 7 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,050 |
| 2000 | 961 |
| 2001 | 890 |
| 2002 | 809 |
| 2003 | 735 |
| 2004 | 675 |
| 2005 | 631 |
| 2006 | 592 |
| 2007 | 559 |
| 2008 | 525 |
| 2009 | 482 |
| 2010 | 458 |
| 2011 | 429 |
| 2012 | 407 |
| 2013 | 374 |
| 2014 | 356 |
| 2015 | 336 |
| 2016 | 328 |
| 2017 | 307 |
| 2018 | 297 |
| 2019 | 295 |
| 2020 | 281 |
Edla in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Edla.Hi! My name is Edla.
- Edla bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Edla lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Edla har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Edla has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Edlas mamma är lärare.Edla's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Edlas mamma is Edla's mum.
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Questions about Edla
How do you pronounce Edla in Swedish?
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What does the name Edla mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Ethel or Adela, short form of compound names beginning with the Germanic element adal, edel "noble".
How popular is Edla in Sweden?
8 babies were named Edla in 2022. In 2020, 281 people in Sweden had Edla as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 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.