Jan-Erik
Meaning and origin
From Jan + Erik.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jan-Erik (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 | 5,432 |
| 2000 | 5,403 |
| 2001 | 5,375 |
| 2002 | 6,493 |
| 2003 | 6,457 |
| 2004 | 6,423 |
| 2005 | 6,374 |
| 2006 | 6,327 |
| 2007 | 6,283 |
| 2008 | 6,254 |
| 2009 | 6,196 |
| 2010 | 6,128 |
| 2011 | 6,061 |
| 2012 | 5,987 |
| 2013 | 5,926 |
| 2014 | 5,843 |
| 2015 | 5,750 |
| 2016 | 5,675 |
| 2017 | 5,589 |
| 2018 | 5,493 |
| 2019 | 5,380 |
| 2020 | 5,255 |
Jan-Erik in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jan-Erik.Hi! My name is Jan-Erik.
- Har du träffat Jan-Erik? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jan-Erik? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Jan-Erik i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jan-Erik this afternoon.
- Jan-Eriks mamma är lärare.Jan-Erik's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jan-Eriks mamma is Jan-Erik's mum.
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Questions about Jan-Erik
How do you pronounce Jan-Erik in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jan-Erik from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jan-Erik mean?
From Jan + Erik.
How popular is Jan-Erik in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Jan-Erik in 2022. In 2020, 5,255 people in Sweden had Jan-Erik 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.