Khaled
Meaning and origin
Transliteration of Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Khaled (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, Khaled has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | 7 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 13 |
| 2012 | 12 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 30 |
| 2017 | 22 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 28 |
| 2020 | 30 |
| 2021 | 17 |
| 2022 | 34 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 381 |
| 2000 | 403 |
| 2001 | 424 |
| 2002 | 449 |
| 2003 | 471 |
| 2004 | 503 |
| 2005 | 527 |
| 2006 | 601 |
| 2007 | 671 |
| 2008 | 713 |
| 2009 | 767 |
| 2010 | 821 |
| 2011 | 865 |
| 2012 | 921 |
| 2013 | 1,057 |
| 2014 | 1,297 |
| 2015 | 1,615 |
| 2016 | 2,116 |
| 2017 | 2,378 |
| 2018 | 2,537 |
| 2019 | 2,621 |
| 2020 | 2,681 |
Khaled in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Khaled.Hi! My name is Khaled.
- Khaled har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Khaled has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Khaled kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Khaled is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Khaleds mamma är lärare.Khaled's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Khaleds mamma is Khaled's mum.
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Questions about Khaled
How do you pronounce Khaled in Swedish?
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What does the name Khaled mean?
Transliteration of Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid).
How popular is Khaled in Sweden?
34 babies were named Khaled in 2022. In 2020, 2,681 people in Sweden had Khaled as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 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.