Fredrika
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, masculine equivalent Fredrik, equivalent to English Frederica.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Fredrika (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Fredrika has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. 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 | 30 |
| 1999 | 40 |
| 2000 | 29 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 26 |
| 2003 | 24 |
| 2004 | 19 |
| 2005 | 17 |
| 2006 | 22 |
| 2007 | 17 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 17 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 19 |
| 2013 | 14 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 10 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 7 |
| 2019 | 9 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 10 |
| 2022 | 14 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,088 |
| 2000 | 1,122 |
| 2001 | 1,150 |
| 2002 | 1,183 |
| 2003 | 1,202 |
| 2004 | 1,232 |
| 2005 | 1,253 |
| 2006 | 1,271 |
| 2007 | 1,285 |
| 2008 | 1,302 |
| 2009 | 1,318 |
| 2010 | 1,327 |
| 2011 | 1,337 |
| 2012 | 1,350 |
| 2013 | 1,359 |
| 2014 | 1,361 |
| 2015 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 1,391 |
| 2017 | 1,394 |
| 2018 | 1,404 |
| 2019 | 1,410 |
| 2020 | 1,414 |
Fredrika in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Fredrika.Hi! My name is Fredrika.
- Fredrika bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Fredrika lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Fredrika i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Fredrika this afternoon.
- Fredrikas mamma är lärare.Fredrika's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Fredrikas mamma is Fredrika's mum.
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Questions about Fredrika
How do you pronounce Fredrika in Swedish?
In IPA, Fredrika is /frɛd²riːka/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Fredrika mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, masculine equivalent Fredrik, equivalent to English Frederica.
How popular is Fredrika in Sweden?
14 babies were named Fredrika in 2022. In 2020, 1,414 people in Sweden had Fredrika as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1999 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.