Majlis
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Maj-Lis.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Majlis (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Majlis has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2022. 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 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 4 |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 6 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 10 |
| 2018 | 10 |
| 2019 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 13 |
| 2022 | 18 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,413 |
| 2000 | 1,396 |
| 2001 | 1,377 |
| 2002 | 1,359 |
| 2003 | 1,335 |
| 2004 | 1,312 |
| 2005 | 1,302 |
| 2006 | 1,282 |
| 2007 | 1,254 |
| 2008 | 1,216 |
| 2009 | 1,184 |
| 2010 | 1,148 |
| 2011 | 1,112 |
| 2012 | 1,081 |
| 2013 | 1,054 |
| 2014 | 1,023 |
| 2015 | 986 |
| 2016 | 963 |
| 2017 | 937 |
| 2018 | 920 |
| 2019 | 894 |
| 2020 | 866 |
Majlis in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Majlis.Hi! My name is Majlis.
- Majlis bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Majlis lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Majlis kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Majlis is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Majlis mamma är lärare.Majlis's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Majlis mamma is Majlis's mum. Because Majlis already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Majlis
How do you pronounce Majlis in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Majlis in your device's Swedish voice. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Majlis mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, variant of Maj-Lis.
How popular is Majlis in Sweden?
18 babies were named Majlis in 2022. In 2020, 866 people in Sweden had Majlis as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2022 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.