Lisen
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth or Louise.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lisen (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lisen has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | 16 |
| 2002 | 10 |
| 2003 | 17 |
| 2004 | 16 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 21 |
| 2007 | 26 |
| 2008 | 25 |
| 2009 | 28 |
| 2010 | 25 |
| 2011 | 33 |
| 2012 | 27 |
| 2013 | 24 |
| 2014 | 24 |
| 2015 | 30 |
| 2016 | 28 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 19 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2021 | 25 |
| 2022 | 31 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 534 |
| 2000 | 535 |
| 2001 | 551 |
| 2002 | 557 |
| 2003 | 573 |
| 2004 | 586 |
| 2005 | 615 |
| 2006 | 633 |
| 2007 | 652 |
| 2008 | 680 |
| 2009 | 705 |
| 2010 | 721 |
| 2011 | 744 |
| 2012 | 766 |
| 2013 | 787 |
| 2014 | 803 |
| 2015 | 832 |
| 2016 | 849 |
| 2017 | 874 |
| 2018 | 887 |
| 2019 | 906 |
| 2020 | 917 |
Lisen in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lisen.Hi! My name is Lisen.
- Lisen har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Lisen has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Lisen kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lisen is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lisens mamma är lärare.Lisen's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lisens mamma is Lisen's mum.
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Questions about Lisen
How do you pronounce Lisen in Swedish?
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What does the name Lisen mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Elisabeth or Louise.
How popular is Lisen in Sweden?
31 babies were named Lisen in 2022. In 2020, 917 people in Sweden had Lisen as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2011 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.