Gina
Meaning and origin
* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina. * (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina. * (name from Italian): Italian Gina
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Gina (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Gina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2007. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 9 |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 13 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 6 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 621 |
| 2000 | 635 |
| 2001 | 652 |
| 2002 | 655 |
| 2003 | 679 |
| 2004 | 688 |
| 2005 | 694 |
| 2006 | 702 |
| 2007 | 721 |
| 2008 | 740 |
| 2009 | 756 |
| 2010 | 768 |
| 2011 | 772 |
| 2012 | 778 |
| 2013 | 792 |
| 2014 | 802 |
| 2015 | 807 |
| 2016 | 821 |
| 2017 | 837 |
| 2018 | 852 |
| 2019 | 864 |
| 2020 | 872 |
Gina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gina.Hi! My name is Gina.
- Har du träffat Gina? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gina? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Gina i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Gina this afternoon.
- Ginas mamma är lärare.Gina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ginas mamma is Gina's mum.
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How do you pronounce Gina in Swedish?
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What does the name Gina mean?
* (name from Greek): Clipping of Georgina. * (name from Latin): Clipping of Regina. * (name from Italian): Italian Gina
How popular is Gina in Sweden?
4 babies were named Gina in 2022. In 2020, 872 people in Sweden had Gina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2007 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.