Elwin
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Elwin 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 14 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 26 |
| 2012 | 34 |
| 2013 | 36 |
| 2014 | 32 |
| 2015 | 34 |
| 2016 | 37 |
| 2017 | 27 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 37 |
| 2020 | 36 |
| 2021 | 36 |
| 2022 | 43 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 27 |
| 2007 | 40 |
| 2008 | 56 |
| 2009 | 72 |
| 2010 | 98 |
| 2011 | 124 |
| 2012 | 158 |
| 2013 | 196 |
| 2014 | 226 |
| 2015 | 262 |
| 2016 | 299 |
| 2017 | 327 |
| 2018 | 374 |
| 2019 | 411 |
| 2020 | 447 |
Elwin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Elwin.Hi! My name is Elwin.
- Har du träffat Elwin? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Elwin? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Elwin kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Elwin is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Elwins mamma är lärare.Elwin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Elwins mamma is Elwin's mum.
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How popular is Elwin in Sweden?
43 babies were named Elwin in 2022. In 2020, 447 people in Sweden had Elwin 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.