Islam
Meaning and origin
From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Islam (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, Islam has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | – |
| 2002 | – | – |
| 2003 | – | – |
| 2004 | – | – |
| 2005 | – | – |
| 2006 | – | 2 |
| 2007 | – | 4 |
| 2008 | – | – |
| 2009 | – | – |
| 2010 | – | 6 |
| 2011 | – | 2 |
| 2012 | – | – |
| 2013 | – | – |
| 2014 | – | 2 |
| 2015 | – | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | – |
| 2017 | – | 2 |
| 2018 | – | 2 |
| 2019 | – | 2 |
| 2020 | – | 4 |
| 2021 | – | 3 |
| 2022 | – | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 64 |
| 2000 | – | 67 |
| 2001 | – | 71 |
| 2002 | – | 75 |
| 2003 | – | 76 |
| 2004 | – | 83 |
| 2005 | – | 86 |
| 2006 | 10 | 102 |
| 2007 | 13 | 111 |
| 2008 | 13 | 115 |
| 2009 | 15 | 126 |
| 2010 | 17 | 135 |
| 2011 | 21 | 143 |
| 2012 | 21 | 149 |
| 2013 | 26 | 161 |
| 2014 | 38 | 174 |
| 2015 | 44 | 189 |
| 2016 | 59 | 200 |
| 2017 | 72 | 209 |
| 2018 | 86 | 220 |
| 2019 | 87 | 225 |
| 2020 | 93 | 226 |
Islam in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Islam.Hi! My name is Islam.
- Vet du om Islam kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Islam is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Islam har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Islam has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Islams mamma är lärare.Islam's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Islams mamma is Islam's mum.
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Questions about Islam
How do you pronounce Islam in Swedish?
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What does the name Islam mean?
From Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama). First attested in 1610.
How popular is Islam in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Islam in 2022. In 2020, 319 people in Sweden had Islam as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2010 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.