Nicole
Meaning and origin
From French Nicole.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Nicole (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Nicole has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2003. 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 | 131 |
| 1999 | 125 |
| 2000 | 133 |
| 2001 | 110 |
| 2002 | 117 |
| 2003 | 145 |
| 2004 | 116 |
| 2005 | 132 |
| 2006 | 135 |
| 2007 | 110 |
| 2008 | 107 |
| 2009 | 129 |
| 2010 | 129 |
| 2011 | 134 |
| 2012 | 111 |
| 2013 | 113 |
| 2014 | 128 |
| 2015 | 112 |
| 2016 | 122 |
| 2017 | 102 |
| 2018 | 99 |
| 2019 | 103 |
| 2020 | 115 |
| 2021 | 108 |
| 2022 | 93 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,882 |
| 2000 | 2,016 |
| 2001 | 2,148 |
| 2002 | 2,279 |
| 2003 | 2,432 |
| 2004 | 2,561 |
| 2005 | 2,706 |
| 2006 | 2,849 |
| 2007 | 3,006 |
| 2008 | 3,149 |
| 2009 | 3,305 |
| 2010 | 3,452 |
| 2011 | 3,614 |
| 2012 | 3,765 |
| 2013 | 3,910 |
| 2014 | 4,048 |
| 2015 | 4,172 |
| 2016 | 4,324 |
| 2017 | 4,440 |
| 2018 | 4,556 |
| 2019 | 4,678 |
| 2020 | 4,809 |
Nicole in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Nicole.Hi! My name is Nicole.
- Nicole bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Nicole lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Nicole kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Nicole is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Nicoles mamma är lärare.Nicole's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Nicoles mamma is Nicole's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Nicole
How do you pronounce Nicole in Swedish?
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What does the name Nicole mean?
From French Nicole.
How popular is Nicole in Sweden?
93 babies were named Nicole in 2022. In 2020, 4,809 people in Sweden had Nicole as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2003 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.