Frideborg
Meaning and origin
From Old High German fridu (“peace”) + burg (“fortress”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Frideborg (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.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 338 |
| 2000 | 322 |
| 2001 | 300 |
| 2002 | 280 |
| 2003 | 255 |
| 2004 | 235 |
| 2005 | 216 |
| 2006 | 195 |
| 2007 | 182 |
| 2008 | 162 |
| 2009 | 150 |
| 2010 | 136 |
| 2011 | 127 |
| 2012 | 123 |
| 2013 | 112 |
| 2014 | 103 |
| 2015 | 95 |
| 2016 | 79 |
| 2017 | 76 |
| 2018 | 72 |
| 2019 | 67 |
| 2020 | 60 |
Frideborg in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Frideborg.Hi! My name is Frideborg.
- Frideborg bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Frideborg lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Frideborg i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Frideborg this afternoon.
- Frideborgs mamma är lärare.Frideborg's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Frideborgs mamma is Frideborg's mum.
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Questions about Frideborg
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What does the name Frideborg mean?
From Old High German fridu (“peace”) + burg (“fortress”).
How popular is Frideborg in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Frideborg in 2022. In 2020, 60 people in Sweden had Frideborg 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.