Mimi
Meaning and origin
From French and Italian Mimi.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Mimi (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, Mimi has been rising 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 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 | 177 |
| 2000 | 186 |
| 2001 | 193 |
| 2002 | 200 |
| 2003 | 209 |
| 2004 | 214 |
| 2005 | 220 |
| 2006 | 233 |
| 2007 | 236 |
| 2008 | 247 |
| 2009 | 252 |
| 2010 | 257 |
| 2011 | 261 |
| 2012 | 266 |
| 2013 | 269 |
| 2014 | 277 |
| 2015 | 283 |
| 2016 | 289 |
| 2017 | 291 |
| 2018 | 293 |
| 2019 | 299 |
| 2020 | 302 |
Mimi in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mimi.Hi! My name is Mimi.
- Mimi bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Mimi lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Mimi i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Mimi this afternoon.
- Mimis mamma är lärare.Mimi's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mimis mamma is Mimi's mum.
Related names and other spellings
More names
Questions about Mimi
How do you pronounce Mimi in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Mimi in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Mimi mean?
From French and Italian Mimi.
How popular is Mimi in Sweden?
5 babies were named Mimi in 2022. In 2020, 302 people in Sweden had Mimi as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising 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.