Loke
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Loki. Taken into general use as a given name in the 2000s.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Loke (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Loke 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.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | 23 |
| 2000 | 23 |
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 54 |
| 2003 | 86 |
| 2004 | 103 |
| 2005 | 110 |
| 2006 | 112 |
| 2007 | 153 |
| 2008 | 141 |
| 2009 | 163 |
| 2010 | 179 |
| 2011 | 230 |
| 2012 | 220 |
| 2013 | 258 |
| 2014 | 284 |
| 2015 | 297 |
| 2016 | 271 |
| 2017 | 265 |
| 2018 | 248 |
| 2019 | 254 |
| 2020 | 251 |
| 2021 | 241 |
| 2022 | 188 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 100 |
| 2000 | 122 |
| 2001 | 160 |
| 2002 | 210 |
| 2003 | 298 |
| 2004 | 398 |
| 2005 | 504 |
| 2006 | 619 |
| 2007 | 774 |
| 2008 | 930 |
| 2009 | 1,097 |
| 2010 | 1,279 |
| 2011 | 1,507 |
| 2012 | 1,727 |
| 2013 | 1,980 |
| 2014 | 2,266 |
| 2015 | 2,563 |
| 2016 | 2,842 |
| 2017 | 3,105 |
| 2018 | 3,360 |
| 2019 | 3,618 |
| 2020 | 3,862 |
Loke in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Loke.Hi! My name is Loke.
- Har du träffat Loke? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Loke? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Loke i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Loke this afternoon.
- Lokes mamma är lärare.Loke's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lokes mamma is Loke's mum.
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Questions about Loke
How do you pronounce Loke in Swedish?
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What does the name Loke mean?
From Old Norse Loki. Taken into general use as a given name in the 2000s.
How popular is Loke in Sweden?
188 babies were named Loke in 2022. In 2020, 3,862 people in Sweden had Loke 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.