Emil
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil. From French Émile, from Latin Aemilius. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1741.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Emil (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Emil has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2003. 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 | 845 |
| 1999 | 894 |
| 2000 | 906 |
| 2001 | 950 |
| 2002 | 1,082 |
| 2003 | 1,106 |
| 2004 | 1,018 |
| 2005 | 941 |
| 2006 | 899 |
| 2007 | 836 |
| 2008 | 768 |
| 2009 | 701 |
| 2010 | 727 |
| 2011 | 696 |
| 2012 | 633 |
| 2013 | 565 |
| 2014 | 502 |
| 2015 | 450 |
| 2016 | 414 |
| 2017 | 373 |
| 2018 | 297 |
| 2019 | 314 |
| 2020 | 270 |
| 2021 | 231 |
| 2022 | 225 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 17,998 |
| 2000 | – | 18,843 |
| 2001 | – | 19,767 |
| 2002 | – | 20,785 |
| 2003 | – | 21,893 |
| 2004 | – | 22,904 |
| 2005 | – | 23,747 |
| 2006 | – | 24,626 |
| 2007 | – | 25,409 |
| 2008 | – | 26,219 |
| 2009 | – | 26,870 |
| 2010 | – | 27,556 |
| 2011 | – | 28,220 |
| 2012 | – | 28,830 |
| 2013 | – | 29,342 |
| 2014 | – | 29,832 |
| 2015 | – | 30,253 |
| 2016 | – | 30,644 |
| 2017 | – | 31,020 |
| 2018 | 12 | 31,292 |
| 2019 | 15 | 31,579 |
| 2020 | 12 | 31,798 |
Emil in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Emil.Hi! My name is Emil.
- Emil har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Emil has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Emils mamma är lärare.Emil's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Emils mamma is Emil's mum.
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Questions about Emil
How do you pronounce Emil in Swedish?
In IPA, Emil is /ˈeːmɪl/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Emil mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from Latin, equivalent to English Emil. From French Émile, from Latin Aemilius. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1741.
How popular is Emil in Sweden?
225 babies were named Emil in 2022. In 2020, 31,810 people in Sweden had Emil as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2003 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.