Mio
Meaning and origin
From the children's book Mio, min Mio by Astrid Lindgren. The book title is word play on Italian mio (“my”). The name can also be interpreted as a short form of names ending in -mio, such as Artemio, Eutimio, or as a masculine equivalent of the Swedish Mia.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mio (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mio has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | – | – |
| 1999 | – | – |
| 2000 | – | – |
| 2001 | – | 10 |
| 2002 | – | 26 |
| 2003 | – | 32 |
| 2004 | – | 47 |
| 2005 | 3 | 67 |
| 2006 | 7 | 78 |
| 2007 | 4 | 85 |
| 2008 | 8 | 101 |
| 2009 | 5 | 141 |
| 2010 | 4 | 140 |
| 2011 | 4 | 156 |
| 2012 | 2 | 153 |
| 2013 | 6 | 155 |
| 2014 | 3 | 159 |
| 2015 | 4 | 131 |
| 2016 | 6 | 137 |
| 2017 | 7 | 122 |
| 2018 | 9 | 114 |
| 2019 | 5 | 110 |
| 2020 | 2 | 98 |
| 2021 | 11 | 109 |
| 2022 | 7 | 114 |
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 | 27 | 66 |
| 2000 | 32 | 75 |
| 2001 | 37 | 84 |
| 2002 | 37 | 110 |
| 2003 | 37 | 139 |
| 2004 | 40 | 186 |
| 2005 | 44 | 253 |
| 2006 | 50 | 329 |
| 2007 | 53 | 411 |
| 2008 | 60 | 517 |
| 2009 | 74 | 663 |
| 2010 | 84 | 803 |
| 2011 | 88 | 960 |
| 2012 | 94 | 1,117 |
| 2013 | 101 | 1,267 |
| 2014 | 108 | 1,425 |
| 2015 | 113 | 1,563 |
| 2016 | 120 | 1,702 |
| 2017 | 133 | 1,829 |
| 2018 | 142 | 1,953 |
| 2019 | 154 | 2,063 |
| 2020 | 167 | 2,153 |
Mio in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mio.Hi! My name is Mio.
- Mio har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Mio has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Mio kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Mio is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Mios mamma är lärare.Mio's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mios mamma is Mio's mum.
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Questions about Mio
How do you pronounce Mio in Swedish?
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What does the name Mio mean?
From the children's book Mio, min Mio by Astrid Lindgren. The book title is word play on Italian mio (“my”). The name can also be interpreted as a short form of names ending in -mio, such as Artemio, Eutimio, or as a masculine equivalent of the Swedish Mia.
How popular is Mio in Sweden?
121 babies were named Mio in 2022. In 2020, 2,320 people in Sweden had Mio as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 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.