Gurli
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Danish Gurli.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Gurli (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 | 2,551 |
| 2000 | 2,440 |
| 2001 | 2,318 |
| 2002 | 2,191 |
| 2003 | 2,084 |
| 2004 | 1,960 |
| 2005 | 1,836 |
| 2006 | 1,751 |
| 2007 | 1,645 |
| 2008 | 1,553 |
| 2009 | 1,446 |
| 2010 | 1,358 |
| 2011 | 1,280 |
| 2012 | 1,197 |
| 2013 | 1,111 |
| 2014 | 1,034 |
| 2015 | 958 |
| 2016 | 884 |
| 2017 | 814 |
| 2018 | 755 |
| 2019 | 700 |
| 2020 | 648 |
Gurli in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Gurli.Hi! My name is Gurli.
- Har du träffat Gurli? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Gurli? She started working here on Monday.
- Gurli har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Gurli has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Gurlis mamma är lärare.Gurli's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Gurlis mamma is Gurli's mum.
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Questions about Gurli
How do you pronounce Gurli in Swedish?
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What does the name Gurli mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Danish Gurli.
How popular is Gurli in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Gurli in 2022. In 2020, 648 people in Sweden had Gurli 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.