Joni
Meaning and origin
Commonly used as a diminutive of Joan.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Joni (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, Joni has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. 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 | – | 3 |
| 2005 | – | – |
| 2006 | – | – |
| 2007 | – | – |
| 2008 | 4 | – |
| 2009 | 11 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | 2 |
| 2012 | 22 | 2 |
| 2013 | 20 | 4 |
| 2014 | 27 | 4 |
| 2015 | 28 | 3 |
| 2016 | 22 | 2 |
| 2017 | 23 | 3 |
| 2018 | 12 | 5 |
| 2019 | 12 | 4 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 13 | 2 |
| 2022 | 11 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 308 |
| 2000 | 10 | 316 |
| 2001 | 10 | 323 |
| 2002 | 10 | 320 |
| 2003 | 12 | 323 |
| 2004 | 13 | 328 |
| 2005 | 14 | 328 |
| 2006 | 15 | 331 |
| 2007 | 15 | 327 |
| 2008 | 20 | 329 |
| 2009 | 31 | 326 |
| 2010 | 42 | 322 |
| 2011 | 50 | 328 |
| 2012 | 74 | 330 |
| 2013 | 93 | 344 |
| 2014 | 121 | 346 |
| 2015 | 151 | 356 |
| 2016 | 173 | 366 |
| 2017 | 195 | 371 |
| 2018 | 207 | 377 |
| 2019 | 220 | 375 |
| 2020 | 230 | 371 |
Joni in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Joni.Hi! My name is Joni.
- Vet du om Joni kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Joni is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Joni har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Joni has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jonis mamma är lärare.Joni's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Jonis mamma is Joni's mum.
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Questions about Joni
How do you pronounce Joni in Swedish?
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What does the name Joni mean?
Commonly used as a diminutive of Joan.
How popular is Joni in Sweden?
11 babies were named Joni in 2022. In 2020, 601 people in Sweden had Joni as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2018 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.