Pär
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Per.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Pär (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Pär 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 | 12 |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 3 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 9,000 |
| 2000 | 8,865 |
| 2001 | 8,726 |
| 2002 | 8,595 |
| 2003 | 8,478 |
| 2004 | 8,400 |
| 2005 | 8,303 |
| 2006 | 8,225 |
| 2007 | 8,213 |
| 2008 | 8,167 |
| 2009 | 8,143 |
| 2010 | 8,126 |
| 2011 | 8,094 |
| 2012 | 8,064 |
| 2013 | 8,036 |
| 2014 | 8,021 |
| 2015 | 8,003 |
| 2016 | 7,993 |
| 2017 | 7,956 |
| 2018 | 7,910 |
| 2019 | 7,877 |
| 2020 | 7,819 |
Pär in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Pär.Hi! My name is Pär.
- Pär ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Pär called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Pär kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Pär is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Pärs mamma är lärare.Pär's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Pärs mamma is Pär's mum.
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Questions about Pär
How do you pronounce Pär in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Pär in your device's Swedish voice. Ä is close to the e in 'bed'.
What does the name Pär mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, a less common spelling of Per.
How popular is Pär in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Pär in 2022. In 2020, 7,819 people in Sweden had Pär 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.