Enar
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Einarr, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Einar, Danish Ener, Norwegian Nynorsk Einar.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Enar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Enar has been rising 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 847 |
| 2000 | 828 |
| 2001 | 800 |
| 2002 | 766 |
| 2003 | 726 |
| 2004 | 696 |
| 2005 | 672 |
| 2006 | 652 |
| 2007 | 629 |
| 2008 | 606 |
| 2009 | 592 |
| 2010 | 567 |
| 2011 | 549 |
| 2012 | 528 |
| 2013 | 517 |
| 2014 | 500 |
| 2015 | 489 |
| 2016 | 462 |
| 2017 | 441 |
| 2018 | 430 |
| 2019 | 425 |
| 2020 | 416 |
Enar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Enar.Hi! My name is Enar.
- Enar ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Enar called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Enar har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Enar has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Enars mamma är lärare.Enar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Enars mamma is Enar's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Enar
How do you pronounce Enar in Swedish?
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What does the name Enar mean?
From Old Norse Einarr, from Proto-Germanic *ainaz (“one”) and *harjaz (“warrior”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Einar, Danish Ener, Norwegian Nynorsk Einar.
How popular is Enar in Sweden?
8 babies were named Enar in 2022. In 2020, 416 people in Sweden had Enar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising 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.