Eve
Meaning and origin
Short form of Evert and Evald, also a masculine form of Eva. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1904.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Eve (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. 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 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 70 | 195 |
| 2000 | 69 | 190 |
| 2001 | 66 | 184 |
| 2002 | 67 | 174 |
| 2003 | 71 | 172 |
| 2004 | 68 | 166 |
| 2005 | 69 | 163 |
| 2006 | 69 | 160 |
| 2007 | 72 | 154 |
| 2008 | 76 | 152 |
| 2009 | 74 | 140 |
| 2010 | 69 | 135 |
| 2011 | 71 | 123 |
| 2012 | 69 | 119 |
| 2013 | 70 | 112 |
| 2014 | 74 | 106 |
| 2015 | 72 | 101 |
| 2016 | 71 | 95 |
| 2017 | 73 | 82 |
| 2018 | 75 | 81 |
| 2019 | 77 | 79 |
| 2020 | 81 | 75 |
Eve in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Eve.Hi! My name is Eve.
- Jag ska fika med Eve i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Eve this afternoon.
- Vet du om Eve kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Eve is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Eves mamma är lärare.Eve's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Eves mamma is Eve's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Eve
How do you pronounce Eve in Swedish?
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What does the name Eve mean?
Short form of Evert and Evald, also a masculine form of Eva. First recorded as a Swedish given name in 1904.
How popular is Eve in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Eve in 2022. In 2020, 156 people in Sweden had Eve as the first name they go by.
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.