Marie
Meaning and origin
From French Marie, less often from Danish or German. First recorded in Sweden in 1695.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Marie has been falling 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 39 |
| 1999 | 36 |
| 2000 | 18 |
| 2001 | 15 |
| 2002 | 18 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 17 |
| 2005 | 15 |
| 2006 | 16 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 14 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 11 |
| 2016 | 12 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 9 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 5 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 36,959 |
| 2000 | 36,997 |
| 2001 | 37,057 |
| 2002 | 37,072 |
| 2003 | 37,178 |
| 2004 | 37,216 |
| 2005 | 37,138 |
| 2006 | 37,098 |
| 2007 | 37,063 |
| 2008 | 37,125 |
| 2009 | 37,136 |
| 2010 | 37,091 |
| 2011 | 37,048 |
| 2012 | 37,037 |
| 2013 | 37,038 |
| 2014 | 37,009 |
| 2015 | 36,970 |
| 2016 | 36,910 |
| 2017 | 36,885 |
| 2018 | 36,831 |
| 2019 | 36,763 |
| 2020 | 36,678 |
Marie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marie.Hi! My name is Marie.
- Marie ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Marie called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Marie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Marie this afternoon.
- Maries mamma är lärare.Marie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Maries mamma is Marie's mum.
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Questions about Marie
How do you pronounce Marie in Swedish?
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What does the name Marie mean?
From French Marie, less often from Danish or German. First recorded in Sweden in 1695.
How popular is Marie in Sweden?
5 babies were named Marie in 2022. In 2020, 36,678 people in Sweden had Marie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling 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.