Hemming
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Hemingr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hemming (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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 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 | 64 |
| 2000 | 62 |
| 2001 | 63 |
| 2002 | 61 |
| 2003 | 61 |
| 2004 | 58 |
| 2005 | 58 |
| 2006 | 58 |
| 2007 | 52 |
| 2008 | 51 |
| 2009 | 52 |
| 2010 | 52 |
| 2011 | 52 |
| 2012 | 47 |
| 2013 | 48 |
| 2014 | 49 |
| 2015 | 50 |
| 2016 | 48 |
| 2017 | 47 |
| 2018 | 46 |
| 2019 | 47 |
| 2020 | 47 |
Hemming in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hemming.Hi! My name is Hemming.
- Har du träffat Hemming? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Hemming? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Hemming kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Hemming is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Hemmings mamma är lärare.Hemming's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hemmings mamma is Hemming's mum.
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Questions about Hemming
How do you pronounce Hemming in Swedish?
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What does the name Hemming mean?
From Old Norse Hemingr.
How popular is Hemming in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Hemming in 2022. In 2020, 47 people in Sweden had Hemming 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.