Evald
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to German Ewald.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Evald (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Evald has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2016. 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 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 6 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 930 |
| 2000 | 893 |
| 2001 | 851 |
| 2002 | 805 |
| 2003 | 776 |
| 2004 | 744 |
| 2005 | 707 |
| 2006 | 662 |
| 2007 | 619 |
| 2008 | 581 |
| 2009 | 536 |
| 2010 | 507 |
| 2011 | 477 |
| 2012 | 444 |
| 2013 | 419 |
| 2014 | 403 |
| 2015 | 378 |
| 2016 | 373 |
| 2017 | 347 |
| 2018 | 330 |
| 2019 | 318 |
| 2020 | 308 |
Evald in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Evald.Hi! My name is Evald.
- Evald bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Evald lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Evald i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Evald this afternoon.
- Evalds mamma är lärare.Evald's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Evalds mamma is Evald's mum.
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How do you pronounce Evald in Swedish?
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What does the name Evald mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to German Ewald.
How popular is Evald in Sweden?
3 babies were named Evald in 2022. In 2020, 308 people in Sweden had Evald as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2016 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.