Leia
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English, equivalent to English Leia. Borrowed from English Leia.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Leia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Leia has been rising 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 12 |
| 2001 | 18 |
| 2002 | 24 |
| 2003 | 38 |
| 2004 | 85 |
| 2005 | 98 |
| 2006 | 129 |
| 2007 | 117 |
| 2008 | 138 |
| 2009 | 173 |
| 2010 | 207 |
| 2011 | 165 |
| 2012 | 159 |
| 2013 | 157 |
| 2014 | 178 |
| 2015 | 150 |
| 2016 | 173 |
| 2017 | 194 |
| 2018 | 172 |
| 2019 | 176 |
| 2020 | 188 |
| 2021 | 245 |
| 2022 | 270 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 21 |
| 2000 | 34 |
| 2001 | 52 |
| 2002 | 80 |
| 2003 | 118 |
| 2004 | 199 |
| 2005 | 299 |
| 2006 | 427 |
| 2007 | 540 |
| 2008 | 685 |
| 2009 | 862 |
| 2010 | 1,073 |
| 2011 | 1,237 |
| 2012 | 1,401 |
| 2013 | 1,559 |
| 2014 | 1,737 |
| 2015 | 1,886 |
| 2016 | 2,067 |
| 2017 | 2,263 |
| 2018 | 2,435 |
| 2019 | 2,620 |
| 2020 | 2,808 |
Leia in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Leia.Hi! My name is Leia.
- Har du träffat Leia? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Leia? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Leia i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Leia this afternoon.
- Leias mamma är lärare.Leia's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Leias mamma is Leia's mum.
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Questions about Leia
How do you pronounce Leia in Swedish?
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What does the name Leia mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from English, equivalent to English Leia. Borrowed from English Leia.
How popular is Leia in Sweden?
270 babies were named Leia in 2022. In 2020, 2,808 people in Sweden had Leia as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising 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.