Mildred
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Old English. From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mildred (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mildred has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2020. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 7 |
| 2021 | – |
| 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 | 1,158 |
| 2000 | 1,141 |
| 2001 | 1,102 |
| 2002 | 1,062 |
| 2003 | 1,035 |
| 2004 | 1,007 |
| 2005 | 965 |
| 2006 | 930 |
| 2007 | 897 |
| 2008 | 857 |
| 2009 | 818 |
| 2010 | 782 |
| 2011 | 745 |
| 2012 | 717 |
| 2013 | 688 |
| 2014 | 655 |
| 2015 | 625 |
| 2016 | 604 |
| 2017 | 579 |
| 2018 | 551 |
| 2019 | 516 |
| 2020 | 498 |
Mildred in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mildred.Hi! My name is Mildred.
- Har du träffat Mildred? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Mildred? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Mildred i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mildred this afternoon.
- Mildreds mamma är lärare.Mildred's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mildreds mamma is Mildred's mum.
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Questions about Mildred
How do you pronounce Mildred in Swedish?
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What does the name Mildred mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Old English. From the name of an 8th-century English saint, Old English Mildþrȳþ (from milde (“mild”) + þrȳþ (“strength”)).
How popular is Mildred in Sweden?
5 babies were named Mildred in 2022. In 2020, 498 people in Sweden had Mildred as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2020 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.