Erling
Meaning and origin
Old Norse Erlingr
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Erling (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Erling has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 4 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 9 |
| 2015 | 7 |
| 2016 | 9 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 11 |
| 2019 | 18 |
| 2020 | 13 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 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 | 1,941 |
| 2000 | 1,912 |
| 2001 | 1,885 |
| 2002 | 1,865 |
| 2003 | 1,836 |
| 2004 | 1,811 |
| 2005 | 1,801 |
| 2006 | 1,763 |
| 2007 | 1,729 |
| 2008 | 1,692 |
| 2009 | 1,640 |
| 2010 | 1,609 |
| 2011 | 1,571 |
| 2012 | 1,541 |
| 2013 | 1,515 |
| 2014 | 1,477 |
| 2015 | 1,451 |
| 2016 | 1,416 |
| 2017 | 1,378 |
| 2018 | 1,343 |
| 2019 | 1,311 |
| 2020 | 1,292 |
Erling in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Erling.Hi! My name is Erling.
- Erling har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Erling has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Erling i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Erling this afternoon.
- Erlings mamma är lärare.Erling's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Erlings mamma is Erling's mum.
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Questions about Erling
How do you pronounce Erling in Swedish?
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What does the name Erling mean?
Old Norse Erlingr
How popular is Erling in Sweden?
8 babies were named Erling in 2022. In 2020, 1,292 people in Sweden had Erling as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 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.