Melvin
Meaning and origin
Recently borrowed from English Melvin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Melvin (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Melvin has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2006. 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.
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| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 19 |
| 1999 | 24 |
| 2000 | 69 |
| 2001 | 130 |
| 2002 | 207 |
| 2003 | 261 |
| 2004 | 318 |
| 2005 | 445 |
| 2006 | 495 |
| 2007 | 450 |
| 2008 | 459 |
| 2009 | 483 |
| 2010 | 431 |
| 2011 | 365 |
| 2012 | 401 |
| 2013 | 412 |
| 2014 | 337 |
| 2015 | 343 |
| 2016 | 311 |
| 2017 | 257 |
| 2018 | 275 |
| 2019 | 240 |
| 2020 | 236 |
| 2021 | 262 |
| 2022 | 210 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | – | 143 |
| 2000 | – | 210 |
| 2001 | – | 335 |
| 2002 | – | 539 |
| 2003 | – | 791 |
| 2004 | – | 1,099 |
| 2005 | – | 1,537 |
| 2006 | – | 2,026 |
| 2007 | – | 2,461 |
| 2008 | – | 2,954 |
| 2009 | – | 3,443 |
| 2010 | – | 3,888 |
| 2011 | – | 4,249 |
| 2012 | – | 4,659 |
| 2013 | – | 5,068 |
| 2014 | – | 5,414 |
| 2015 | – | 5,751 |
| 2016 | – | 6,077 |
| 2017 | – | 6,346 |
| 2018 | 10 | 6,612 |
| 2019 | – | 6,858 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,092 |
Melvin in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Melvin.Hi! My name is Melvin.
- Melvin har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Melvin has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Melvin i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Melvin this afternoon.
- Melvins mamma är lärare.Melvin's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Melvins mamma is Melvin's mum.
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Questions about Melvin
How do you pronounce Melvin in Swedish?
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What does the name Melvin mean?
Recently borrowed from English Melvin.
How popular is Melvin in Sweden?
210 babies were named Melvin in 2022. In 2020, 7,103 people in Sweden had Melvin as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2006 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.