Lill
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Norwegian Lill.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lill (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lill has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. 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 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 7 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 10 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 523 |
| 2000 | 520 |
| 2001 | 516 |
| 2002 | 514 |
| 2003 | 513 |
| 2004 | 511 |
| 2005 | 519 |
| 2006 | 522 |
| 2007 | 517 |
| 2008 | 518 |
| 2009 | 523 |
| 2010 | 525 |
| 2011 | 527 |
| 2012 | 528 |
| 2013 | 537 |
| 2014 | 532 |
| 2015 | 530 |
| 2016 | 531 |
| 2017 | 537 |
| 2018 | 539 |
| 2019 | 544 |
| 2020 | 546 |
Lill in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lill.Hi! My name is Lill.
- Har du träffat Lill? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Lill? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Lill kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lill is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lills mamma är lärare.Lill's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lills mamma is Lill's mum.
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Questions about Lill
How do you pronounce Lill in Swedish?
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What does the name Lill mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to Norwegian Lill.
How popular is Lill in Sweden?
9 babies were named Lill in 2022. In 2020, 546 people in Sweden had Lill as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2017 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.