Hillevi
Meaning and origin
From Danish Helvig. First recorded in Sweden in 1482.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Hillevi (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Hillevi has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 14 |
| 1999 | 11 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 24 |
| 2008 | 22 |
| 2009 | 17 |
| 2010 | 29 |
| 2011 | 30 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 32 |
| 2014 | 34 |
| 2015 | 29 |
| 2016 | 31 |
| 2017 | 30 |
| 2018 | 42 |
| 2019 | 35 |
| 2020 | 38 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2022 | 31 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,047 |
| 2000 | 2,014 |
| 2001 | 1,966 |
| 2002 | 1,950 |
| 2003 | 1,922 |
| 2004 | 1,906 |
| 2005 | 1,890 |
| 2006 | 1,873 |
| 2007 | 1,856 |
| 2008 | 1,828 |
| 2009 | 1,797 |
| 2010 | 1,783 |
| 2011 | 1,780 |
| 2012 | 1,766 |
| 2013 | 1,775 |
| 2014 | 1,773 |
| 2015 | 1,761 |
| 2016 | 1,755 |
| 2017 | 1,755 |
| 2018 | 1,770 |
| 2019 | 1,762 |
| 2020 | 1,775 |
Hillevi in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hillevi.Hi! My name is Hillevi.
- Hillevi har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hillevi has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Hillevi kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Hillevi is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Hillevis mamma är lärare.Hillevi's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hillevis mamma is Hillevi's mum.
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Questions about Hillevi
How do you pronounce Hillevi in Swedish?
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What does the name Hillevi mean?
From Danish Helvig. First recorded in Sweden in 1482.
How popular is Hillevi in Sweden?
31 babies were named Hillevi in 2022. In 2020, 1,775 people in Sweden had Hillevi as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 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.