Ritva
Meaning and origin
We don't have a sourced origin for Ritva yet, and we would rather show nothing than guess.
Popularity in Sweden
Few babies have been given the name since 1998; it belongs mostly to older generations. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,270 |
| 2000 | 2,255 |
| 2001 | 2,228 |
| 2002 | 2,213 |
| 2003 | 2,194 |
| 2004 | 2,167 |
| 2005 | 2,154 |
| 2006 | 2,124 |
| 2007 | 2,104 |
| 2008 | 2,083 |
| 2009 | 2,058 |
| 2010 | 2,031 |
| 2011 | 1,993 |
| 2012 | 1,972 |
| 2013 | 1,943 |
| 2014 | 1,907 |
| 2015 | 1,878 |
| 2016 | 1,842 |
| 2017 | 1,804 |
| 2018 | 1,751 |
| 2019 | 1,700 |
| 2020 | 1,647 |
Ritva in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ritva.Hi! My name is Ritva.
- Ritva bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Ritva lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Ritva kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ritva is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Ritvas mamma är lärare.Ritva's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Ritvas mamma is Ritva's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Ritva
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How popular is Ritva in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Ritva in 2022. In 2020, 1,647 people in Sweden had Ritva as the first name they go by.
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.