Majken
Meaning and origin
Middle Low German diminutive of Maja or Maria. The suffix is probably related with the German diminutive suffix -chen. Cognate also with Norwegian and Danish Maiken and German Meike.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Majken (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Majken has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | 11 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 17 |
| 2003 | 32 |
| 2004 | 41 |
| 2005 | 65 |
| 2006 | 59 |
| 2007 | 85 |
| 2008 | 111 |
| 2009 | 98 |
| 2010 | 132 |
| 2011 | 137 |
| 2012 | 179 |
| 2013 | 187 |
| 2014 | 169 |
| 2015 | 197 |
| 2016 | 216 |
| 2017 | 206 |
| 2018 | 214 |
| 2019 | 216 |
| 2020 | 215 |
| 2021 | 232 |
| 2022 | 216 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 3,759 |
| 2000 | 3,629 |
| 2001 | 3,505 |
| 2002 | 3,376 |
| 2003 | 3,227 |
| 2004 | 3,136 |
| 2005 | 3,025 |
| 2006 | 2,938 |
| 2007 | 2,897 |
| 2008 | 2,832 |
| 2009 | 2,778 |
| 2010 | 2,761 |
| 2011 | 2,755 |
| 2012 | 2,790 |
| 2013 | 2,870 |
| 2014 | 2,915 |
| 2015 | 2,964 |
| 2016 | 3,073 |
| 2017 | 3,188 |
| 2018 | 3,315 |
| 2019 | 3,449 |
| 2020 | 3,588 |
Majken in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Majken.Hi! My name is Majken.
- Majken ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Majken called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Majken har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Majken has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Majkens mamma är lärare.Majken's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Majkens mamma is Majken's mum.
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Questions about Majken
How do you pronounce Majken in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Majken from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Majken mean?
Middle Low German diminutive of Maja or Maria. The suffix is probably related with the German diminutive suffix -chen. Cognate also with Norwegian and Danish Maiken and German Meike.
How popular is Majken in Sweden?
216 babies were named Majken in 2022. In 2020, 3,588 people in Sweden had Majken as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2021 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.