Jesper
Meaning and origin
From Danish.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Jesper (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Jesper has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 708 |
| 1999 | 561 |
| 2000 | 493 |
| 2001 | 416 |
| 2002 | 386 |
| 2003 | 359 |
| 2004 | 294 |
| 2005 | 271 |
| 2006 | 198 |
| 2007 | 181 |
| 2008 | 144 |
| 2009 | 117 |
| 2010 | 96 |
| 2011 | 92 |
| 2012 | 79 |
| 2013 | 58 |
| 2014 | 58 |
| 2015 | 50 |
| 2016 | 34 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 30 |
| 2019 | 24 |
| 2020 | 23 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 13,738 |
| 2000 | 14,315 |
| 2001 | 14,814 |
| 2002 | 15,284 |
| 2003 | 15,774 |
| 2004 | 16,155 |
| 2005 | 16,404 |
| 2006 | 16,632 |
| 2007 | 16,817 |
| 2008 | 16,988 |
| 2009 | 17,103 |
| 2010 | 17,163 |
| 2011 | 17,209 |
| 2012 | 17,275 |
| 2013 | 17,314 |
| 2014 | 17,362 |
| 2015 | 17,414 |
| 2016 | 17,424 |
| 2017 | 17,426 |
| 2018 | 17,453 |
| 2019 | 17,448 |
| 2020 | 17,455 |
Jesper in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Jesper.Hi! My name is Jesper.
- Har du träffat Jesper? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Jesper? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Jesper i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Jesper this afternoon.
- Jespers mamma är lärare.Jesper's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jespers mamma is Jesper's mum.
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Questions about Jesper
How do you pronounce Jesper in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Jesper from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Jesper mean?
From Danish.
How popular is Jesper in Sweden?
11 babies were named Jesper in 2022. In 2020, 17,455 people in Sweden had Jesper as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.