Måns
Meaning and origin
Originally South Swedish form of Magnus.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Måns (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Måns has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. 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 | 109 |
| 1999 | 128 |
| 2000 | 109 |
| 2001 | 138 |
| 2002 | 146 |
| 2003 | 161 |
| 2004 | 181 |
| 2005 | 176 |
| 2006 | 254 |
| 2007 | 241 |
| 2008 | 196 |
| 2009 | 162 |
| 2010 | 184 |
| 2011 | 147 |
| 2012 | 104 |
| 2013 | 128 |
| 2014 | 106 |
| 2015 | 90 |
| 2016 | 67 |
| 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | 50 |
| 2019 | 51 |
| 2020 | 36 |
| 2021 | 34 |
| 2022 | 37 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,068 |
| 2000 | 2,167 |
| 2001 | 2,291 |
| 2002 | 2,434 |
| 2003 | 2,586 |
| 2004 | 2,757 |
| 2005 | 2,916 |
| 2006 | 3,158 |
| 2007 | 3,387 |
| 2008 | 3,590 |
| 2009 | 3,751 |
| 2010 | 3,925 |
| 2011 | 4,057 |
| 2012 | 4,159 |
| 2013 | 4,293 |
| 2014 | 4,393 |
| 2015 | 4,469 |
| 2016 | 4,526 |
| 2017 | 4,568 |
| 2018 | 4,606 |
| 2019 | 4,653 |
| 2020 | 4,676 |
Måns in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Måns.Hi! My name is Måns.
- Har du träffat Måns? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Måns? He started working here on Monday.
- Måns har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Måns has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Måns mamma är lärare.Måns's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Måns mamma is Måns's mum. Because Måns already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Måns
How do you pronounce Måns in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Måns in your device's Swedish voice. Å is close to the vowel in 'more'.
What does the name Måns mean?
Originally South Swedish form of Magnus.
How popular is Måns in Sweden?
37 babies were named Måns in 2022. In 2020, 4,676 people in Sweden had Måns as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2006 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.