Sigvard
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, cognate to Sigurd via Danish and German.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sigvard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sigvard has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2017. 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 | – |
| 2005 | 5 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 12 |
| 2008 | 11 |
| 2009 | 12 |
| 2010 | 6 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 10 |
| 2014 | 16 |
| 2015 | 26 |
| 2016 | 22 |
| 2017 | 31 |
| 2018 | 20 |
| 2019 | 20 |
| 2020 | 19 |
| 2021 | 20 |
| 2022 | 11 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 2,044 |
| 2000 | 1,994 |
| 2001 | 1,939 |
| 2002 | 1,892 |
| 2003 | 1,843 |
| 2004 | 1,776 |
| 2005 | 1,714 |
| 2006 | 1,660 |
| 2007 | 1,593 |
| 2008 | 1,518 |
| 2009 | 1,462 |
| 2010 | 1,414 |
| 2011 | 1,359 |
| 2012 | 1,312 |
| 2013 | 1,257 |
| 2014 | 1,212 |
| 2015 | 1,185 |
| 2016 | 1,151 |
| 2017 | 1,117 |
| 2018 | 1,090 |
| 2019 | 1,048 |
| 2020 | 1,014 |
Sigvard in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sigvard.Hi! My name is Sigvard.
- Sigvard ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Sigvard called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Sigvard har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sigvard has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Sigvards mamma är lärare.Sigvard's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sigvards mamma is Sigvard's mum.
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Questions about Sigvard
How do you pronounce Sigvard in Swedish?
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What does the name Sigvard mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, cognate to Sigurd via Danish and German.
How popular is Sigvard in Sweden?
11 babies were named Sigvard in 2022. In 2020, 1,014 people in Sweden had Sigvard as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2017 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.