Engla
Meaning and origin
From German Engla, short form of Old High German female compound names beginning with Engel-, originally meaning an "Angle" but traditionally interpreted as "angel". First recorded as a Swedish given name as Engela in 1642.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Engla (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Engla has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. 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 |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 11 |
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 30 |
| 2001 | 56 |
| 2002 | 75 |
| 2003 | 94 |
| 2004 | 105 |
| 2005 | 147 |
| 2006 | 209 |
| 2007 | 224 |
| 2008 | 169 |
| 2009 | 44 |
| 2010 | 40 |
| 2011 | 51 |
| 2012 | 37 |
| 2013 | 26 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 29 |
| 2016 | 17 |
| 2017 | 20 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 11 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 8 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 201 |
| 2000 | 219 |
| 2001 | 267 |
| 2002 | 331 |
| 2003 | 406 |
| 2004 | 505 |
| 2005 | 647 |
| 2006 | 850 |
| 2007 | 1,054 |
| 2008 | 1,214 |
| 2009 | 1,248 |
| 2010 | 1,282 |
| 2011 | 1,329 |
| 2012 | 1,364 |
| 2013 | 1,388 |
| 2014 | 1,399 |
| 2015 | 1,424 |
| 2016 | 1,433 |
| 2017 | 1,454 |
| 2018 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 1,467 |
| 2020 | 1,469 |
Engla in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Engla.Hi! My name is Engla.
- Engla har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Engla has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Englas mamma är lärare.Engla's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Englas mamma is Engla's mum.
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Questions about Engla
How do you pronounce Engla in Swedish?
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What does the name Engla mean?
From German Engla, short form of Old High German female compound names beginning with Engel-, originally meaning an "Angle" but traditionally interpreted as "angel". First recorded as a Swedish given name as Engela in 1642.
How popular is Engla in Sweden?
8 babies were named Engla in 2022. In 2020, 1,469 people in Sweden had Engla as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2007 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.