Fritiof
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Norwegian Fridtjof and Danish Frithjof.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Fritiof (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Fritiof has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. 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 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 172 |
| 2000 | 166 |
| 2001 | 159 |
| 2002 | 160 |
| 2003 | 158 |
| 2004 | 153 |
| 2005 | 143 |
| 2006 | 137 |
| 2007 | 131 |
| 2008 | 130 |
| 2009 | 130 |
| 2010 | 129 |
| 2011 | 127 |
| 2012 | 127 |
| 2013 | 126 |
| 2014 | 125 |
| 2015 | 126 |
| 2016 | 126 |
| 2017 | 125 |
| 2018 | 125 |
| 2019 | 127 |
| 2020 | 122 |
Fritiof in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Fritiof.Hi! My name is Fritiof.
- Har du träffat Fritiof? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Fritiof? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Fritiof kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Fritiof is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Fritiofs mamma är lärare.Fritiof's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Fritiofs mamma is Fritiof's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Fritiof
How do you pronounce Fritiof in Swedish?
In IPA, Fritiof is /¹frɪtɕɔf/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Fritiof mean?
From Old Norse Friðþjófr. Appears in Old Norse saga and was revived through 19th century literature. Cognate with Norwegian Fridtjof and Danish Frithjof.
How popular is Fritiof in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Fritiof in 2022. In 2020, 122 people in Sweden had Fritiof as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 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.