Nicklas
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Niklas.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Nicklas (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Nicklas has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1998. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 53 |
| 1999 | 47 |
| 2000 | 32 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 27 |
| 2003 | 19 |
| 2004 | 18 |
| 2005 | 18 |
| 2006 | 18 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 4 |
| 2010 | 12 |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 5 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 6,707 |
| 2000 | 6,793 |
| 2001 | 6,873 |
| 2002 | 6,948 |
| 2003 | 7,068 |
| 2004 | 7,157 |
| 2005 | 7,147 |
| 2006 | 7,195 |
| 2007 | 7,194 |
| 2008 | 7,263 |
| 2009 | 7,257 |
| 2010 | 7,256 |
| 2011 | 7,239 |
| 2012 | 7,237 |
| 2013 | 7,236 |
| 2014 | 7,226 |
| 2015 | 7,238 |
| 2016 | 7,218 |
| 2017 | 7,202 |
| 2018 | 7,204 |
| 2019 | 7,208 |
| 2020 | 7,212 |
Nicklas in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Nicklas.Hi! My name is Nicklas.
- Nicklas har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Nicklas has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Nicklas i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Nicklas this afternoon.
- Nicklas mamma är lärare.Nicklas's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Nicklas mamma is Nicklas's mum. Because Nicklas already ends in s, nothing is added.
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Questions about Nicklas
How do you pronounce Nicklas in Swedish?
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What does the name Nicklas mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Niklas.
How popular is Nicklas in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Nicklas in 2022. In 2020, 7,212 people in Sweden had Nicklas as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1998 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.