Osvald
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English. From English Oswald.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Osvald (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Osvald has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2021. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 3 |
| 2019 | 4 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 135 |
| 2000 | 129 |
| 2001 | 126 |
| 2002 | 120 |
| 2003 | 115 |
| 2004 | 109 |
| 2005 | 106 |
| 2006 | 96 |
| 2007 | 93 |
| 2008 | 88 |
| 2009 | 85 |
| 2010 | 83 |
| 2011 | 78 |
| 2012 | 79 |
| 2013 | 72 |
| 2014 | 70 |
| 2015 | 68 |
| 2016 | 69 |
| 2017 | 65 |
| 2018 | 67 |
| 2019 | 69 |
| 2020 | 68 |
Osvald in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Osvald.Hi! My name is Osvald.
- Osvald har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Osvald has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Osvalds mamma är lärare.Osvald's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Osvalds mamma is Osvald's mum.
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Questions about Osvald
How do you pronounce Osvald in Swedish?
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What does the name Osvald mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name from English. From English Oswald.
How popular is Osvald in Sweden?
3 babies were named Osvald in 2022. In 2020, 68 people in Sweden had Osvald as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2021 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.