Indira
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India. Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्दिरा (indirā).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Indira (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
Among newborns, Indira has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. 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 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 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 | 205 |
| 2000 | 212 |
| 2001 | 216 |
| 2002 | 220 |
| 2003 | 233 |
| 2004 | 242 |
| 2005 | 245 |
| 2006 | 256 |
| 2007 | 262 |
| 2008 | 272 |
| 2009 | 279 |
| 2010 | 282 |
| 2011 | 282 |
| 2012 | 288 |
| 2013 | 292 |
| 2014 | 306 |
| 2015 | 311 |
| 2016 | 319 |
| 2017 | 323 |
| 2018 | 332 |
| 2019 | 334 |
| 2020 | 334 |
Indira in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Indira.Hi! My name is Indira.
- Har du träffat Indira? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Indira? She started working here on Monday.
- Indira har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Indira has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Indiras mamma är lärare.Indira's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Indiras mamma is Indira's mum.
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Questions about Indira
How do you pronounce Indira in Swedish?
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What does the name Indira mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Sanskrit commonly used in India. Borrowed from Sanskrit इन्दिरा (indirā).
How popular is Indira in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Indira in 2022. In 2020, 334 people in Sweden had Indira as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 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.