Ninni
Meaning and origin
Originally a diminutive of various female names containing the letters i and n, such as Elin, Ingrid, Linnea, Signe.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ninni (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ninni has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2004. 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 | 10 |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 11 |
| 2006 | 11 |
| 2007 | 10 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 8 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 3 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 8 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 6 |
| 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 | 805 |
| 2000 | 805 |
| 2001 | 813 |
| 2002 | 816 |
| 2003 | 835 |
| 2004 | 854 |
| 2005 | 854 |
| 2006 | 872 |
| 2007 | 870 |
| 2008 | 895 |
| 2009 | 898 |
| 2010 | 901 |
| 2011 | 900 |
| 2012 | 901 |
| 2013 | 905 |
| 2014 | 902 |
| 2015 | 903 |
| 2016 | 899 |
| 2017 | 904 |
| 2018 | 914 |
| 2019 | 923 |
| 2020 | 919 |
Ninni in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ninni.Hi! My name is Ninni.
- Ninni ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Ninni called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Ninni har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Ninni has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Ninnis mamma är lärare.Ninni's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ninnis mamma is Ninni's mum.
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Questions about Ninni
How do you pronounce Ninni in Swedish?
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What does the name Ninni mean?
Originally a diminutive of various female names containing the letters i and n, such as Elin, Ingrid, Linnea, Signe.
How popular is Ninni in Sweden?
5 babies were named Ninni in 2022. In 2020, 919 people in Sweden had Ninni as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2004 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.