Henning
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to Danish Henning.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Henning (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Henning has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | 18 |
| 1999 | 10 |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 15 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 23 |
| 2006 | 26 |
| 2007 | 20 |
| 2008 | 32 |
| 2009 | 35 |
| 2010 | 42 |
| 2011 | 46 |
| 2012 | 42 |
| 2013 | 41 |
| 2014 | 59 |
| 2015 | 68 |
| 2016 | 67 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2018 | 67 |
| 2019 | 77 |
| 2020 | 71 |
| 2021 | 80 |
| 2022 | 74 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,159 |
| 2000 | 2,106 |
| 2001 | 2,041 |
| 2002 | 1,966 |
| 2003 | 1,927 |
| 2004 | 1,869 |
| 2005 | 1,819 |
| 2006 | 1,791 |
| 2007 | 1,742 |
| 2008 | 1,713 |
| 2009 | 1,702 |
| 2010 | 1,682 |
| 2011 | 1,670 |
| 2012 | 1,647 |
| 2013 | 1,628 |
| 2014 | 1,635 |
| 2015 | 1,657 |
| 2016 | 1,695 |
| 2017 | 1,735 |
| 2018 | 1,770 |
| 2019 | 1,817 |
| 2020 | 1,854 |
Henning in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Henning.Hi! My name is Henning.
- Har du träffat Henning? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Henning? He started working here on Monday.
- Henning har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Henning has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Hennings mamma är lärare.Henning's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hennings mamma is Henning's mum.
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Questions about Henning
How do you pronounce Henning in Swedish?
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What does the name Henning mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, equivalent to Danish Henning.
How popular is Henning in Sweden?
74 babies were named Henning in 2022. In 2020, 1,854 people in Sweden had Henning as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.