Estrid
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Astrid.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Estrid (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Estrid has been fairly steady 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 10 |
| 2005 | 8 |
| 2006 | 9 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 18 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 28 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 38 |
| 2015 | 54 |
| 2016 | 48 |
| 2017 | 57 |
| 2018 | 66 |
| 2019 | 62 |
| 2020 | 55 |
| 2021 | 69 |
| 2022 | 48 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 620 |
| 2000 | 580 |
| 2001 | 546 |
| 2002 | 521 |
| 2003 | 488 |
| 2004 | 474 |
| 2005 | 455 |
| 2006 | 447 |
| 2007 | 435 |
| 2008 | 425 |
| 2009 | 419 |
| 2010 | 427 |
| 2011 | 426 |
| 2012 | 445 |
| 2013 | 461 |
| 2014 | 483 |
| 2015 | 522 |
| 2016 | 554 |
| 2017 | 604 |
| 2018 | 649 |
| 2019 | 688 |
| 2020 | 735 |
Estrid in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Estrid.Hi! My name is Estrid.
- Estrid har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Estrid has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Estrid i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Estrid this afternoon.
- Estrids mamma är lärare.Estrid's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Estrids mamma is Estrid's mum.
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Questions about Estrid
How do you pronounce Estrid in Swedish?
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What does the name Estrid mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Astrid.
How popular is Estrid in Sweden?
48 babies were named Estrid in 2022. In 2020, 735 people in Sweden had Estrid as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady 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.