Milly
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, and Camilla, also used as a formal given name. Clipping + -y.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Milly (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, Milly has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | 13 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 15 |
| 2009 | 18 |
| 2010 | 29 |
| 2011 | 28 |
| 2012 | 32 |
| 2013 | 27 |
| 2014 | 23 |
| 2015 | 44 |
| 2016 | 27 |
| 2017 | 29 |
| 2018 | 27 |
| 2019 | 27 |
| 2020 | 33 |
| 2021 | 40 |
| 2022 | 40 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 234 |
| 2000 | 237 |
| 2001 | 236 |
| 2002 | 233 |
| 2003 | 229 |
| 2004 | 234 |
| 2005 | 225 |
| 2006 | 223 |
| 2007 | 225 |
| 2008 | 230 |
| 2009 | 243 |
| 2010 | 265 |
| 2011 | 284 |
| 2012 | 301 |
| 2013 | 328 |
| 2014 | 347 |
| 2015 | 375 |
| 2016 | 395 |
| 2017 | 418 |
| 2018 | 441 |
| 2019 | 465 |
| 2020 | 492 |
Milly in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Milly.Hi! My name is Milly.
- Har du träffat Milly? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Milly? She started working here on Monday.
- Milly har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Milly has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Millys mamma är lärare.Milly's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Millys mamma is Milly's mum.
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Questions about Milly
How do you pronounce Milly in Swedish?
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What does the name Milly mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the female given names Mildred, Millicent, Emily, and Camilla, also used as a formal given name. Clipping + -y.
How popular is Milly in Sweden?
40 babies were named Milly in 2022. In 2020, 492 people in Sweden had Milly as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 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.