Fred
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Fred (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Fred has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | 13 |
| 1999 | 16 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 34 |
| 2007 | 36 |
| 2008 | 30 |
| 2009 | 46 |
| 2010 | 56 |
| 2011 | 50 |
| 2012 | 80 |
| 2013 | 70 |
| 2014 | 88 |
| 2015 | 91 |
| 2016 | 90 |
| 2017 | 91 |
| 2018 | 78 |
| 2019 | 81 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 82 |
| 2022 | 71 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,657 |
| 2000 | 1,638 |
| 2001 | 1,614 |
| 2002 | 1,610 |
| 2003 | 1,593 |
| 2004 | 1,566 |
| 2005 | 1,563 |
| 2006 | 1,574 |
| 2007 | 1,574 |
| 2008 | 1,579 |
| 2009 | 1,613 |
| 2010 | 1,637 |
| 2011 | 1,675 |
| 2012 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 1,780 |
| 2014 | 1,843 |
| 2015 | 1,910 |
| 2016 | 1,968 |
| 2017 | 2,033 |
| 2018 | 2,091 |
| 2019 | 2,143 |
| 2020 | 2,200 |
Fred in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Fred.Hi! My name is Fred.
- Fred har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Fred has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Freds mamma är lärare.Fred's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Freds mamma is Fred's mum.
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Questions about Fred
How do you pronounce Fred in Swedish?
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What does the name Fred mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from the vocabulary word fred "peace", or borrowed from English.
How popular is Fred in Sweden?
71 babies were named Fred in 2022. In 2020, 2,200 people in Sweden had Fred as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 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.