Laura
Meaning and origin
From Latin Laura. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Laura (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Laura has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 32 |
| 1999 | 35 |
| 2000 | 27 |
| 2001 | 40 |
| 2002 | 34 |
| 2003 | 57 |
| 2004 | 58 |
| 2005 | 51 |
| 2006 | 60 |
| 2007 | 59 |
| 2008 | 91 |
| 2009 | 77 |
| 2010 | 91 |
| 2011 | 103 |
| 2012 | 82 |
| 2013 | 100 |
| 2014 | 113 |
| 2015 | 127 |
| 2016 | 106 |
| 2017 | 104 |
| 2018 | 110 |
| 2019 | 101 |
| 2020 | 93 |
| 2021 | 118 |
| 2022 | 127 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,253 |
| 2000 | 1,290 |
| 2001 | 1,353 |
| 2002 | 1,422 |
| 2003 | 1,499 |
| 2004 | 1,562 |
| 2005 | 1,620 |
| 2006 | 1,731 |
| 2007 | 1,827 |
| 2008 | 1,970 |
| 2009 | 2,092 |
| 2010 | 2,218 |
| 2011 | 2,383 |
| 2012 | 2,525 |
| 2013 | 2,685 |
| 2014 | 2,888 |
| 2015 | 3,084 |
| 2016 | 3,266 |
| 2017 | 3,456 |
| 2018 | 3,665 |
| 2019 | 3,833 |
| 2020 | 3,958 |
Laura in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Laura.Hi! My name is Laura.
- Laura har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Laura has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Laura kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Laura is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lauras mamma är lärare.Laura's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lauras mamma is Laura's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Laura
How do you pronounce Laura in Swedish?
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What does the name Laura mean?
From Latin Laura. First recorded in Sweden in 1737.
How popular is Laura in Sweden?
127 babies were named Laura in 2022. In 2020, 3,958 people in Sweden had Laura as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 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.