Mårten
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Martin, in analogy with Danish Morten.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mårten (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mårten has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 33 |
| 1999 | 29 |
| 2000 | 14 |
| 2001 | 16 |
| 2002 | 21 |
| 2003 | 22 |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 16 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 9 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 8 |
| 2011 | 9 |
| 2012 | 10 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 8 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,890 |
| 2000 | 2,930 |
| 2001 | 2,961 |
| 2002 | 2,998 |
| 2003 | 3,038 |
| 2004 | 3,077 |
| 2005 | 3,082 |
| 2006 | 3,098 |
| 2007 | 3,099 |
| 2008 | 3,113 |
| 2009 | 3,114 |
| 2010 | 3,119 |
| 2011 | 3,116 |
| 2012 | 3,114 |
| 2013 | 3,109 |
| 2014 | 3,103 |
| 2015 | 3,101 |
| 2016 | 3,102 |
| 2017 | 3,095 |
| 2018 | 3,080 |
| 2019 | 3,073 |
| 2020 | 3,068 |
Mårten in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mårten.Hi! My name is Mårten.
- Mårten har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mårten has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Mårten i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mårten this afternoon.
- Mårtens mamma är lärare.Mårten's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mårtens mamma is Mårten's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Mårten
How do you pronounce Mårten in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Mårten from a native speaker's recording. Å is close to the vowel in 'more'.
What does the name Mårten mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Martin, in analogy with Danish Morten.
How popular is Mårten in Sweden?
2 babies were named Mårten in 2022. In 2020, 3,068 people in Sweden had Mårten as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1998 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.