Maren
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Danish. From Danish Maren
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Maren (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 74 |
| 2000 | 78 |
| 2001 | 76 |
| 2002 | 74 |
| 2003 | 75 |
| 2004 | 69 |
| 2005 | 72 |
| 2006 | 76 |
| 2007 | 74 |
| 2008 | 75 |
| 2009 | 74 |
| 2010 | 79 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2012 | 85 |
| 2013 | 84 |
| 2014 | 85 |
| 2015 | 80 |
| 2016 | 83 |
| 2017 | 82 |
| 2018 | 83 |
| 2019 | 87 |
| 2020 | 86 |
Maren in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Maren.Hi! My name is Maren.
- Maren har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Maren has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Maren i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Maren this afternoon.
- Marens mamma är lärare.Maren's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marens mamma is Maren's mum.
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Questions about Maren
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What does the name Maren mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Danish. From Danish Maren
How popular is Maren in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Maren in 2022. In 2020, 86 people in Sweden had Maren as the first name they go by.
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.