Otto
Meaning and origin
Borrowed from German Otto.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Otto (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Otto 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 52 |
| 1999 | 48 |
| 2000 | 68 |
| 2001 | 62 |
| 2002 | 65 |
| 2003 | 99 |
| 2004 | 100 |
| 2005 | 115 |
| 2006 | 116 |
| 2007 | 129 |
| 2008 | 152 |
| 2009 | 149 |
| 2010 | 144 |
| 2011 | 141 |
| 2012 | 170 |
| 2013 | 145 |
| 2014 | 185 |
| 2015 | 214 |
| 2016 | 225 |
| 2017 | 256 |
| 2018 | 256 |
| 2019 | 250 |
| 2020 | 395 |
| 2021 | 480 |
| 2022 | 469 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,330 |
| 2000 | 2,293 |
| 2001 | 2,255 |
| 2002 | 2,229 |
| 2003 | 2,267 |
| 2004 | 2,290 |
| 2005 | 2,321 |
| 2006 | 2,382 |
| 2007 | 2,451 |
| 2008 | 2,546 |
| 2009 | 2,646 |
| 2010 | 2,753 |
| 2011 | 2,861 |
| 2012 | 2,979 |
| 2013 | 3,084 |
| 2014 | 3,240 |
| 2015 | 3,419 |
| 2016 | 3,628 |
| 2017 | 3,857 |
| 2018 | 4,079 |
| 2019 | 4,302 |
| 2020 | 4,676 |
Otto in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Otto.Hi! My name is Otto.
- Otto bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Otto lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Otto kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Otto is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ottos mamma är lärare.Otto's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ottos mamma is Otto's mum.
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Questions about Otto
How do you pronounce Otto in Swedish?
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What does the name Otto mean?
Borrowed from German Otto.
How popular is Otto in Sweden?
469 babies were named Otto in 2022. In 2020, 4,676 people in Sweden had Otto 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.