Hind
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic هِنْد (hind).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Hind (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
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 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 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 | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 54 |
| 2000 | 63 |
| 2001 | 70 |
| 2002 | 72 |
| 2003 | 82 |
| 2004 | 88 |
| 2005 | 95 |
| 2006 | 111 |
| 2007 | 132 |
| 2008 | 162 |
| 2009 | 181 |
| 2010 | 199 |
| 2011 | 210 |
| 2012 | 217 |
| 2013 | 238 |
| 2014 | 247 |
| 2015 | 258 |
| 2016 | 284 |
| 2017 | 306 |
| 2018 | 312 |
| 2019 | 325 |
| 2020 | 330 |
Hind in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Hind.Hi! My name is Hind.
- Hind har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Hind has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Hind kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Hind is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Hinds mamma är lärare.Hind's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Hinds mamma is Hind's mum.
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Questions about Hind
How do you pronounce Hind in Swedish?
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What does the name Hind mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic هِنْد (hind).
How popular is Hind in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Hind in 2022. In 2020, 330 people in Sweden had Hind 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.