Souad
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic سُعاد (suʕād).
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Souad (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
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.
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 196 |
| 2000 | 216 |
| 2001 | 225 |
| 2002 | 236 |
| 2003 | 243 |
| 2004 | 249 |
| 2005 | 253 |
| 2006 | 258 |
| 2007 | 261 |
| 2008 | 272 |
| 2009 | 281 |
| 2010 | 290 |
| 2011 | 294 |
| 2012 | 300 |
| 2013 | 320 |
| 2014 | 333 |
| 2015 | 358 |
| 2016 | 392 |
| 2017 | 413 |
| 2018 | 420 |
| 2019 | 426 |
| 2020 | 418 |
Souad in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Souad.Hi! My name is Souad.
- Souad bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Souad lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Jag ska fika med Souad i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Souad this afternoon.
- Souads mamma är lärare.Souad's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Souads mamma is Souad's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Souad
How do you pronounce Souad in Swedish?
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What does the name Souad mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Arabic. Borrowed from Arabic سُعاد (suʕād).
How popular is Souad in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Souad in 2022. In 2020, 418 people in Sweden had Souad 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.