Evy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Eva.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Evy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Evy has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 15 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 19 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 29 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,349 |
| 2000 | 7,194 |
| 2001 | 7,016 |
| 2002 | 6,864 |
| 2003 | 6,685 |
| 2004 | 6,507 |
| 2005 | 6,356 |
| 2006 | 6,184 |
| 2007 | 6,003 |
| 2008 | 5,830 |
| 2009 | 5,653 |
| 2010 | 5,475 |
| 2011 | 5,276 |
| 2012 | 5,089 |
| 2013 | 4,922 |
| 2014 | 4,748 |
| 2015 | 4,569 |
| 2016 | 4,417 |
| 2017 | 4,246 |
| 2018 | 4,076 |
| 2019 | 3,923 |
| 2020 | 3,757 |
Evy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Evy.Hi! My name is Evy.
- Evy bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Evy lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Evy kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Evy is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Evys mamma är lärare.Evy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Evys mamma is Evy's mum.
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Questions about Evy
How do you pronounce Evy in Swedish?
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What does the name Evy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Eva.
How popular is Evy in Sweden?
29 babies were named Evy in 2022. In 2020, 3,757 people in Sweden had Evy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2022 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.