Frej
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name with Norse origin, related to the god with the same name. Learned borrowing from Icelandic Freyr. Frö is the etymologically correct form of the name.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Frej (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Frej has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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 | 11 |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 12 |
| 2006 | 12 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 13 |
| 2010 | 15 |
| 2011 | 21 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 30 |
| 2014 | 39 |
| 2015 | 40 |
| 2016 | 55 |
| 2017 | 53 |
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2019 | 68 |
| 2020 | 69 |
| 2021 | 63 |
| 2022 | 69 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 248 |
| 2000 | 253 |
| 2001 | 261 |
| 2002 | 263 |
| 2003 | 273 |
| 2004 | 284 |
| 2005 | 293 |
| 2006 | 305 |
| 2007 | 314 |
| 2008 | 330 |
| 2009 | 339 |
| 2010 | 352 |
| 2011 | 371 |
| 2012 | 400 |
| 2013 | 427 |
| 2014 | 469 |
| 2015 | 508 |
| 2016 | 560 |
| 2017 | 619 |
| 2018 | 682 |
| 2019 | 751 |
| 2020 | 815 |
Frej in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Frej.Hi! My name is Frej.
- Har du träffat Frej? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Frej? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Frej i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Frej this afternoon.
- Frejs mamma är lärare.Frej's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Frejs mamma is Frej's mum.
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Questions about Frej
How do you pronounce Frej in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Frej from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Frej mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name with Norse origin, related to the god with the same name. Learned borrowing from Icelandic Freyr. Frö is the etymologically correct form of the name.
How popular is Frej in Sweden?
69 babies were named Frej in 2022. In 2020, 815 people in Sweden had Frej as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 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.