Lotten
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Charlotta or Charlotte.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lotten (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lotten has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 569 |
| 2000 | 560 |
| 2001 | 553 |
| 2002 | 545 |
| 2003 | 536 |
| 2004 | 529 |
| 2005 | 527 |
| 2006 | 518 |
| 2007 | 517 |
| 2008 | 512 |
| 2009 | 509 |
| 2010 | 503 |
| 2011 | 504 |
| 2012 | 499 |
| 2013 | 495 |
| 2014 | 494 |
| 2015 | 493 |
| 2016 | 494 |
| 2017 | 492 |
| 2018 | 492 |
| 2019 | 493 |
| 2020 | 494 |
Lotten in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lotten.Hi! My name is Lotten.
- Lotten bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lotten lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Lotten kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Lotten is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Lottens mamma är lärare.Lotten's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lottens mamma is Lotten's mum.
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Questions about Lotten
How do you pronounce Lotten in Swedish?
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What does the name Lotten mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given name Charlotta or Charlotte.
How popular is Lotten in Sweden?
6 babies were named Lotten in 2022. In 2020, 494 people in Sweden had Lotten as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2020 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.