Siw
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Siv.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Siw (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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | – |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | – |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | – |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 610 |
| 2000 | 604 |
| 2001 | 600 |
| 2002 | 608 |
| 2003 | 616 |
| 2004 | 610 |
| 2005 | 616 |
| 2006 | 611 |
| 2007 | 621 |
| 2008 | 621 |
| 2009 | 632 |
| 2010 | 645 |
| 2011 | 642 |
| 2012 | 647 |
| 2013 | 649 |
| 2014 | 654 |
| 2015 | 663 |
| 2016 | 659 |
| 2017 | 664 |
| 2018 | 667 |
| 2019 | 666 |
| 2020 | 659 |
Siw in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Siw.Hi! My name is Siw.
- Har du träffat Siw? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Siw? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Siw i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Siw this afternoon.
- Siws mamma är lärare.Siw's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Siws mamma is Siw's mum.
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Questions about Siw
How do you pronounce Siw in Swedish?
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What does the name Siw mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a less common spelling of Siv.
How popular is Siw in Sweden?
2 babies were named Siw in 2022. In 2020, 659 people in Sweden had Siw 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.