Simone
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From French Simone, feminine form of Simon.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Simone (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Simone has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 35 |
| 1999 | 52 |
| 2000 | 38 |
| 2001 | 31 |
| 2002 | 34 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 23 |
| 2005 | 31 |
| 2006 | 19 |
| 2007 | 29 |
| 2008 | 24 |
| 2009 | 27 |
| 2010 | 31 |
| 2011 | 24 |
| 2012 | 30 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 21 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 17 |
| 2018 | 16 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2020 | 21 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 19 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 888 | 18 |
| 2000 | 940 | 20 |
| 2001 | 984 | 22 |
| 2002 | 1,017 | 21 |
| 2003 | 1,051 | 23 |
| 2004 | 1,081 | 26 |
| 2005 | 1,119 | 26 |
| 2006 | 1,145 | 30 |
| 2007 | 1,175 | 37 |
| 2008 | 1,229 | 40 |
| 2009 | 1,269 | 41 |
| 2010 | 1,310 | 46 |
| 2011 | 1,325 | 46 |
| 2012 | 1,359 | 49 |
| 2013 | 1,387 | 57 |
| 2014 | 1,416 | 65 |
| 2015 | 1,457 | 78 |
| 2016 | 1,474 | 79 |
| 2017 | 1,491 | 82 |
| 2018 | 1,519 | 90 |
| 2019 | 1,535 | 98 |
| 2020 | 1,547 | 99 |
Simone in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Simone.Hi! My name is Simone.
- Simone har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Simone has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Simone i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Simone this afternoon.
- Simones mamma är lärare.Simone's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Simones mamma is Simone's mum.
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Questions about Simone
How do you pronounce Simone in Swedish?
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What does the name Simone mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from French. From French Simone, feminine form of Simon.
How popular is Simone in Sweden?
19 babies were named Simone in 2022. In 2020, 1,646 people in Sweden had Simone as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 1999 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.