Juha
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Juha yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
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 | 1,354 |
| 2000 | 1,353 |
| 2001 | 1,350 |
| 2002 | 1,336 |
| 2003 | 1,339 |
| 2004 | 1,330 |
| 2005 | 1,308 |
| 2006 | 1,287 |
| 2007 | 1,277 |
| 2008 | 1,256 |
| 2009 | 1,251 |
| 2010 | 1,249 |
| 2011 | 1,241 |
| 2012 | 1,238 |
| 2013 | 1,232 |
| 2014 | 1,223 |
| 2015 | 1,218 |
| 2016 | 1,201 |
| 2017 | 1,194 |
| 2018 | 1,180 |
| 2019 | 1,169 |
| 2020 | 1,157 |
Juha in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Juha.Hi! My name is Juha.
- Juha bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Juha lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Juha har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Juha has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Juhas mamma är lärare.Juha's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Juhas mamma is Juha's mum.
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How popular is Juha in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Juha in 2022. In 2020, 1,157 people in Sweden had Juha 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.