Egon
Meaning and origin
From German Egon.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Egon (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Egon has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. 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 | 14 |
| 2003 | 10 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 14 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 19 |
| 2008 | 20 |
| 2009 | 19 |
| 2010 | 28 |
| 2011 | 17 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 21 |
| 2014 | 25 |
| 2015 | 25 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 15 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,033 |
| 2000 | 2,009 |
| 2001 | 1,970 |
| 2002 | 1,938 |
| 2003 | 1,886 |
| 2004 | 1,841 |
| 2005 | 1,790 |
| 2006 | 1,758 |
| 2007 | 1,724 |
| 2008 | 1,676 |
| 2009 | 1,639 |
| 2010 | 1,600 |
| 2011 | 1,564 |
| 2012 | 1,515 |
| 2013 | 1,481 |
| 2014 | 1,432 |
| 2015 | 1,409 |
| 2016 | 1,370 |
| 2017 | 1,323 |
| 2018 | 1,276 |
| 2019 | 1,243 |
| 2020 | 1,213 |
Egon in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Egon.Hi! My name is Egon.
- Har du träffat Egon? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Egon? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Egon kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Egon is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Egons mamma är lärare.Egon's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Egons mamma is Egon's mum.
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Questions about Egon
How do you pronounce Egon in Swedish?
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What does the name Egon mean?
From German Egon.
How popular is Egon in Sweden?
15 babies were named Egon in 2022. In 2020, 1,213 people in Sweden had Egon as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2010 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.