Sigrid
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Sigríðr.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sigrid (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sigrid has been fairly steady 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 30 |
| 1999 | 37 |
| 2000 | 30 |
| 2001 | 38 |
| 2002 | 39 |
| 2003 | 69 |
| 2004 | 65 |
| 2005 | 64 |
| 2006 | 84 |
| 2007 | 107 |
| 2008 | 110 |
| 2009 | 120 |
| 2010 | 126 |
| 2011 | 147 |
| 2012 | 209 |
| 2013 | 256 |
| 2014 | 281 |
| 2015 | 277 |
| 2016 | 338 |
| 2017 | 315 |
| 2018 | 349 |
| 2019 | 288 |
| 2020 | 316 |
| 2021 | 353 |
| 2022 | 292 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,107 |
| 2000 | 7,704 |
| 2001 | 7,367 |
| 2002 | 7,004 |
| 2003 | 6,720 |
| 2004 | 6,450 |
| 2005 | 6,186 |
| 2006 | 5,949 |
| 2007 | 5,793 |
| 2008 | 5,620 |
| 2009 | 5,474 |
| 2010 | 5,332 |
| 2011 | 5,222 |
| 2012 | 5,194 |
| 2013 | 5,257 |
| 2014 | 5,368 |
| 2015 | 5,460 |
| 2016 | 5,638 |
| 2017 | 5,779 |
| 2018 | 5,990 |
| 2019 | 6,106 |
| 2020 | 6,287 |
Sigrid in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sigrid.Hi! My name is Sigrid.
- Sigrid bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Sigrid lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Sigrid i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sigrid this afternoon.
- Sigrids mamma är lärare.Sigrid's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sigrids mamma is Sigrid's mum.
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Questions about Sigrid
How do you pronounce Sigrid in Swedish?
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What does the name Sigrid mean?
From Old Norse Sigríðr.
How popular is Sigrid in Sweden?
292 babies were named Sigrid in 2022. In 2020, 6,287 people in Sweden had Sigrid as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady 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.