Marie-Louise
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from French Marie-Louise.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Marie-Louise (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.
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 | 3 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,176 |
| 2000 | 5,159 |
| 2001 | 5,148 |
| 2002 | 6,435 |
| 2003 | 6,427 |
| 2004 | 6,425 |
| 2005 | 6,414 |
| 2006 | 6,402 |
| 2007 | 6,367 |
| 2008 | 6,371 |
| 2009 | 6,342 |
| 2010 | 6,331 |
| 2011 | 6,308 |
| 2012 | 6,288 |
| 2013 | 6,261 |
| 2014 | 6,227 |
| 2015 | 6,181 |
| 2016 | 6,141 |
| 2017 | 6,113 |
| 2018 | 6,058 |
| 2019 | 6,002 |
| 2020 | 5,956 |
Marie-Louise in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Marie-Louise.Hi! My name is Marie-Louise.
- Marie-Louise bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Marie-Louise lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Marie-Louise kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Marie-Louise is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Marie-Louises mamma är lärare.Marie-Louise's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Marie-Louises mamma is Marie-Louise's mum.
More names
Questions about Marie-Louise
How do you pronounce Marie-Louise in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Marie-Louise from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Marie-Louise mean?
Borrowed from French Marie-Louise.
How popular is Marie-Louise in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Marie-Louise in 2022. In 2020, 5,956 people in Sweden had Marie-Louise 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.