Jöran
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of rare usage, variant of Göran.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jöran (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 145 |
| 2000 | 146 |
| 2001 | 146 |
| 2002 | 150 |
| 2003 | 150 |
| 2004 | 150 |
| 2005 | 150 |
| 2006 | 148 |
| 2007 | 145 |
| 2008 | 144 |
| 2009 | 143 |
| 2010 | 141 |
| 2011 | 143 |
| 2012 | 142 |
| 2013 | 141 |
| 2014 | 139 |
| 2015 | 140 |
| 2016 | 141 |
| 2017 | 140 |
| 2018 | 136 |
| 2019 | 134 |
| 2020 | 131 |
Jöran in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jöran.Hi! My name is Jöran.
- Jöran har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Jöran has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Jöran kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Jöran is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Jörans mamma är lärare.Jöran's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jörans mamma is Jöran's mum.
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Questions about Jöran
How do you pronounce Jöran in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jöran from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Jöran mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of rare usage, variant of Göran.
How popular is Jöran in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jöran in 2022. In 2020, 131 people in Sweden had Jöran 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.