Mirjam
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, also spelled Miriam. From Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Mirjam (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Mirjam has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2005. 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 | 12 |
| 1999 | 15 |
| 2000 | 13 |
| 2001 | 14 |
| 2002 | 16 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 15 |
| 2005 | 20 |
| 2006 | 20 |
| 2007 | 18 |
| 2008 | 12 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 7 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 15 |
| 2014 | 12 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 9 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 7 |
| 2020 | 10 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 9 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,304 |
| 2000 | 1,304 |
| 2001 | 1,308 |
| 2002 | 1,306 |
| 2003 | 1,307 |
| 2004 | 1,316 |
| 2005 | 1,315 |
| 2006 | 1,328 |
| 2007 | 1,327 |
| 2008 | 1,328 |
| 2009 | 1,316 |
| 2010 | 1,316 |
| 2011 | 1,292 |
| 2012 | 1,286 |
| 2013 | 1,295 |
| 2014 | 1,287 |
| 2015 | 1,278 |
| 2016 | 1,264 |
| 2017 | 1,261 |
| 2018 | 1,250 |
| 2019 | 1,244 |
| 2020 | 1,237 |
Mirjam in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Mirjam.Hi! My name is Mirjam.
- Mirjam bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Mirjam lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Mirjam kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Mirjam is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Mirjams mamma är lärare.Mirjam's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Mirjams mamma is Mirjam's mum.
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Questions about Mirjam
How do you pronounce Mirjam in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Mirjam from a native speaker's recording. J is said like the English y.
What does the name Mirjam mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, also spelled Miriam. From Hebrew מִרְיָם (Miryam).
How popular is Mirjam in Sweden?
9 babies were named Mirjam in 2022. In 2020, 1,237 people in Sweden had Mirjam as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2005 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.