Konrad
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from Middle Low German Kônrât, from Old Saxon *Cōnrād, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād. Imported to Sweden from Germany, first recorded in the Latinate form Conradus in 1293.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Konrad (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Konrad has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | 13 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 15 |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | 16 |
| 2004 | 11 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 15 |
| 2007 | 30 |
| 2008 | 19 |
| 2009 | 33 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 23 |
| 2012 | 22 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2014 | 31 |
| 2015 | 15 |
| 2016 | 23 |
| 2017 | 18 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 24 |
| 2021 | 16 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 612 |
| 2000 | 610 |
| 2001 | 602 |
| 2002 | 603 |
| 2003 | 600 |
| 2004 | 603 |
| 2005 | 600 |
| 2006 | 612 |
| 2007 | 641 |
| 2008 | 668 |
| 2009 | 710 |
| 2010 | 731 |
| 2011 | 759 |
| 2012 | 782 |
| 2013 | 815 |
| 2014 | 847 |
| 2015 | 879 |
| 2016 | 906 |
| 2017 | 932 |
| 2018 | 961 |
| 2019 | 970 |
| 2020 | 992 |
Konrad in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Konrad.Hi! My name is Konrad.
- Konrad har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Konrad has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Konrads mamma är lärare.Konrad's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Konrads mamma is Konrad's mum.
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Questions about Konrad
How do you pronounce Konrad in Swedish?
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What does the name Konrad mean?
Borrowed from Middle Low German Kônrât, from Old Saxon *Cōnrād, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *Kōnirād. Imported to Sweden from Germany, first recorded in the Latinate form Conradus in 1293.
How popular is Konrad in Sweden?
9 babies were named Konrad in 2022. In 2020, 992 people in Sweden had Konrad as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 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.