Elis
Meaning and origin
Variant of Elias.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Elis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elis has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | 26 |
| 1999 | – | 21 |
| 2000 | – | 31 |
| 2001 | – | 48 |
| 2002 | – | 55 |
| 2003 | – | 61 |
| 2004 | – | 82 |
| 2005 | – | 111 |
| 2006 | – | 149 |
| 2007 | 2 | 156 |
| 2008 | – | 159 |
| 2009 | 2 | 157 |
| 2010 | – | 175 |
| 2011 | – | 172 |
| 2012 | 2 | 192 |
| 2013 | – | 178 |
| 2014 | – | 196 |
| 2015 | 5 | 197 |
| 2016 | 5 | 186 |
| 2017 | 4 | 184 |
| 2018 | 2 | 178 |
| 2019 | – | 194 |
| 2020 | 2 | 180 |
| 2021 | 3 | 212 |
| 2022 | 2 | 164 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 14 | 1,268 |
| 2000 | 13 | 1,226 |
| 2001 | 14 | 1,216 |
| 2002 | 16 | 1,198 |
| 2003 | 15 | 1,190 |
| 2004 | 16 | 1,236 |
| 2005 | 15 | 1,272 |
| 2006 | 14 | 1,370 |
| 2007 | 18 | 1,481 |
| 2008 | 18 | 1,605 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,722 |
| 2010 | 21 | 1,860 |
| 2011 | 24 | 1,997 |
| 2012 | 24 | 2,159 |
| 2013 | 24 | 2,306 |
| 2014 | 26 | 2,466 |
| 2015 | 32 | 2,632 |
| 2016 | 37 | 2,809 |
| 2017 | 42 | 2,975 |
| 2018 | 45 | 3,130 |
| 2019 | 44 | 3,317 |
| 2020 | 47 | 3,473 |
Elis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elis.Hi! My name is Elis.
- Har du träffat Elis? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elis? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Elis i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Elis this afternoon.
- Elis mamma är lärare.Elis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elis mamma is Elis's mum. Because Elis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Elis
How do you pronounce Elis in Swedish?
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What does the name Elis mean?
Variant of Elias.
How popular is Elis in Sweden?
166 babies were named Elis in 2022. In 2020, 3,520 people in Sweden had Elis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.