Sivert
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Sigurd borrowed from German.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sivert (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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.
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 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | – |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,062 |
| 2000 | 1,058 |
| 2001 | 1,042 |
| 2002 | 1,021 |
| 2003 | 1,004 |
| 2004 | 991 |
| 2005 | 969 |
| 2006 | 951 |
| 2007 | 935 |
| 2008 | 912 |
| 2009 | 893 |
| 2010 | 871 |
| 2011 | 856 |
| 2012 | 827 |
| 2013 | 811 |
| 2014 | 789 |
| 2015 | 762 |
| 2016 | 733 |
| 2017 | 710 |
| 2018 | 690 |
| 2019 | 665 |
| 2020 | 640 |
Sivert in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sivert.Hi! My name is Sivert.
- Sivert har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sivert has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Sivert i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Sivert this afternoon.
- Siverts mamma är lärare.Sivert's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Siverts mamma is Sivert's mum.
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Questions about Sivert
How do you pronounce Sivert in Swedish?
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What does the name Sivert mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Sigurd borrowed from German.
How popular is Sivert in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Sivert in 2022. In 2020, 640 people in Sweden had Sivert 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.