Einar
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Einarr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Einar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Einar has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. 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 | 19 |
| 1999 | 18 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 23 |
| 2002 | 23 |
| 2003 | 32 |
| 2004 | 31 |
| 2005 | 32 |
| 2006 | 37 |
| 2007 | 46 |
| 2008 | 58 |
| 2009 | 60 |
| 2010 | 74 |
| 2011 | 60 |
| 2012 | 56 |
| 2013 | 72 |
| 2014 | 71 |
| 2015 | 74 |
| 2016 | 80 |
| 2017 | 74 |
| 2018 | 89 |
| 2019 | 86 |
| 2020 | 83 |
| 2021 | 84 |
| 2022 | 68 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,289 |
| 2000 | 3,141 |
| 2001 | 2,988 |
| 2002 | 2,863 |
| 2003 | 2,774 |
| 2004 | 2,681 |
| 2005 | 2,625 |
| 2006 | 2,545 |
| 2007 | 2,424 |
| 2008 | 2,364 |
| 2009 | 2,335 |
| 2010 | 2,295 |
| 2011 | 2,247 |
| 2012 | 2,211 |
| 2013 | 2,194 |
| 2014 | 2,179 |
| 2015 | 2,189 |
| 2016 | 2,208 |
| 2017 | 2,209 |
| 2018 | 2,235 |
| 2019 | 2,268 |
| 2020 | 2,295 |
Einar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Einar.Hi! My name is Einar.
- Einar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Einar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Einar i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Einar this afternoon.
- Einars mamma är lärare.Einar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Einars mamma is Einar's mum.
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Questions about Einar
How do you pronounce Einar in Swedish?
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What does the name Einar mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Old Norse. From Old Norse Einarr.
How popular is Einar in Sweden?
68 babies were named Einar in 2022. In 2020, 2,295 people in Sweden had Einar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 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.