Eduard
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from French. From French Édouard, doublet of Edward.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Eduard (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, Eduard has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 139 |
| 2000 | 147 |
| 2001 | 147 |
| 2002 | 147 |
| 2003 | 151 |
| 2004 | 153 |
| 2005 | 155 |
| 2006 | 163 |
| 2007 | 173 |
| 2008 | 181 |
| 2009 | 190 |
| 2010 | 204 |
| 2011 | 218 |
| 2012 | 229 |
| 2013 | 237 |
| 2014 | 246 |
| 2015 | 260 |
| 2016 | 280 |
| 2017 | 290 |
| 2018 | 298 |
| 2019 | 309 |
| 2020 | 315 |
Eduard in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Eduard.Hi! My name is Eduard.
- Har du träffat Eduard? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Eduard? He started working here on Monday.
- Eduard har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Eduard has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Eduards mamma är lärare.Eduard's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Eduards mamma is Eduard's mum.
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Questions about Eduard
How do you pronounce Eduard in Swedish?
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What does the name Eduard mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from French. From French Édouard, doublet of Edward.
How popular is Eduard in Sweden?
2 babies were named Eduard in 2022. In 2020, 315 people in Sweden had Eduard as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2013 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.