Emelie
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French Amélie [in turn from Latin Aemilia], variant of Emilia and Emily.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emelie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emelie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 608 |
| 1999 | 602 |
| 2000 | 506 |
| 2001 | 464 |
| 2002 | 438 |
| 2003 | 444 |
| 2004 | 403 |
| 2005 | 343 |
| 2006 | 327 |
| 2007 | 274 |
| 2008 | 262 |
| 2009 | 245 |
| 2010 | 194 |
| 2011 | 171 |
| 2012 | 160 |
| 2013 | 133 |
| 2014 | 136 |
| 2015 | 108 |
| 2016 | 89 |
| 2017 | 71 |
| 2018 | 57 |
| 2019 | 52 |
| 2020 | 48 |
| 2021 | 48 |
| 2022 | 41 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 17,500 |
| 2000 | 18,005 |
| 2001 | 18,487 |
| 2002 | 18,921 |
| 2003 | 19,378 |
| 2004 | 19,772 |
| 2005 | 20,072 |
| 2006 | 20,377 |
| 2007 | 20,617 |
| 2008 | 20,881 |
| 2009 | 21,103 |
| 2010 | 21,249 |
| 2011 | 21,378 |
| 2012 | 21,512 |
| 2013 | 21,616 |
| 2014 | 21,708 |
| 2015 | 21,777 |
| 2016 | 21,837 |
| 2017 | 21,868 |
| 2018 | 21,899 |
| 2019 | 21,921 |
| 2020 | 21,909 |
Emelie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emelie.Hi! My name is Emelie.
- Emelie har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Emelie has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Emelie kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Emelie is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Emelies mamma är lärare.Emelie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emelies mamma is Emelie's mum.
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Questions about Emelie
How do you pronounce Emelie in Swedish?
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What does the name Emelie mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French Amélie [in turn from Latin Aemilia], variant of Emilia and Emily.
How popular is Emelie in Sweden?
41 babies were named Emelie in 2022. In 2020, 21,909 people in Sweden had Emelie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.