Göta
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name formed from the male name Göte.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Göta (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.
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 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,606 |
| 2000 | 3,408 |
| 2001 | 3,223 |
| 2002 | 3,040 |
| 2003 | 2,870 |
| 2004 | 2,708 |
| 2005 | 2,543 |
| 2006 | 2,385 |
| 2007 | 2,221 |
| 2008 | 2,076 |
| 2009 | 1,938 |
| 2010 | 1,803 |
| 2011 | 1,673 |
| 2012 | 1,553 |
| 2013 | 1,433 |
| 2014 | 1,321 |
| 2015 | 1,235 |
| 2016 | 1,142 |
| 2017 | 1,050 |
| 2018 | 965 |
| 2019 | 873 |
| 2020 | 793 |
Göta in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Göta.Hi! My name is Göta.
- Göta bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Göta lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Göta har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Göta has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Götas mamma är lärare.Göta's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Götas mamma is Göta's mum.
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Questions about Göta
How do you pronounce Göta in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Göta from a native speaker's recording. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Göta mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name formed from the male name Göte.
How popular is Göta in Sweden?
3 babies were named Göta in 2022. In 2020, 793 people in Sweden had Göta 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.