Liv
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Liv has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2013. 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 | 26 |
| 1999 | 52 |
| 2000 | 53 |
| 2001 | 58 |
| 2002 | 93 |
| 2003 | 107 |
| 2004 | 134 |
| 2005 | 150 |
| 2006 | 115 |
| 2007 | 122 |
| 2008 | 178 |
| 2009 | 204 |
| 2010 | 236 |
| 2011 | 242 |
| 2012 | 238 |
| 2013 | 287 |
| 2014 | 254 |
| 2015 | 250 |
| 2016 | 282 |
| 2017 | 257 |
| 2018 | 232 |
| 2019 | 242 |
| 2020 | 230 |
| 2021 | 267 |
| 2022 | 222 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,173 |
| 2000 | 1,224 |
| 2001 | 1,278 |
| 2002 | 1,361 |
| 2003 | 1,467 |
| 2004 | 1,584 |
| 2005 | 1,732 |
| 2006 | 1,846 |
| 2007 | 1,948 |
| 2008 | 2,119 |
| 2009 | 2,314 |
| 2010 | 2,545 |
| 2011 | 2,789 |
| 2012 | 3,029 |
| 2013 | 3,314 |
| 2014 | 3,565 |
| 2015 | 3,796 |
| 2016 | 4,064 |
| 2017 | 4,311 |
| 2018 | 4,548 |
| 2019 | 4,791 |
| 2020 | 5,036 |
Liv in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Liv.Hi! My name is Liv.
- Har du träffat Liv? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Liv? She started working here on Monday.
- Liv har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Liv has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Livs mamma är lärare.Liv's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Livs mamma is Liv's mum.
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How popular is Liv in Sweden?
222 babies were named Liv in 2022. In 2020, 5,036 people in Sweden had Liv as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2013 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.