Lovisa
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Louise. Phonetic rendering of French Louisa. Popularized by 18th- and 19th-century Swedish royalty.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Lovisa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Lovisa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2003. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 425 |
| 1999 | 391 |
| 2000 | 387 |
| 2001 | 396 |
| 2002 | 454 |
| 2003 | 474 |
| 2004 | 454 |
| 2005 | 402 |
| 2006 | 429 |
| 2007 | 372 |
| 2008 | 356 |
| 2009 | 338 |
| 2010 | 314 |
| 2011 | 285 |
| 2012 | 297 |
| 2013 | 277 |
| 2014 | 254 |
| 2015 | 220 |
| 2016 | 275 |
| 2017 | 178 |
| 2018 | 170 |
| 2019 | 180 |
| 2020 | 200 |
| 2021 | 183 |
| 2022 | 160 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,779 |
| 2000 | 6,159 |
| 2001 | 6,575 |
| 2002 | 7,022 |
| 2003 | 7,510 |
| 2004 | 7,965 |
| 2005 | 8,337 |
| 2006 | 8,762 |
| 2007 | 9,108 |
| 2008 | 9,476 |
| 2009 | 9,817 |
| 2010 | 10,113 |
| 2011 | 10,387 |
| 2012 | 10,673 |
| 2013 | 10,938 |
| 2014 | 11,193 |
| 2015 | 11,412 |
| 2016 | 11,669 |
| 2017 | 11,824 |
| 2018 | 11,974 |
| 2019 | 12,134 |
| 2020 | 12,322 |
Lovisa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Lovisa.Hi! My name is Lovisa.
- Lovisa bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Lovisa lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Lovisa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Lovisa this afternoon.
- Lovisas mamma är lärare.Lovisa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Lovisas mamma is Lovisa's mum.
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Questions about Lovisa
How do you pronounce Lovisa in Swedish?
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What does the name Lovisa mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, equivalent to English Louise. Phonetic rendering of French Louisa. Popularized by 18th- and 19th-century Swedish royalty.
How popular is Lovisa in Sweden?
160 babies were named Lovisa in 2022. In 2020, 12,322 people in Sweden had Lovisa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2003 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.