Stellan
Meaning and origin
Unknown; first recorded in 1597 for a German immigrant to Sweden.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Stellan (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Stellan has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 7 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 4 |
| 2007 | 8 |
| 2008 | 7 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 9 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 24 |
| 2013 | 23 |
| 2014 | 29 |
| 2015 | 23 |
| 2016 | 24 |
| 2017 | 31 |
| 2018 | 49 |
| 2019 | 40 |
| 2020 | 46 |
| 2021 | 42 |
| 2022 | 49 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,795 |
| 2000 | 1,801 |
| 2001 | 1,806 |
| 2002 | 1,799 |
| 2003 | 1,812 |
| 2004 | 1,811 |
| 2005 | 1,797 |
| 2006 | 1,794 |
| 2007 | 1,793 |
| 2008 | 1,801 |
| 2009 | 1,799 |
| 2010 | 1,788 |
| 2011 | 1,779 |
| 2012 | 1,787 |
| 2013 | 1,788 |
| 2014 | 1,796 |
| 2015 | 1,800 |
| 2016 | 1,807 |
| 2017 | 1,826 |
| 2018 | 1,850 |
| 2019 | 1,863 |
| 2020 | 1,887 |
Stellan in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Stellan.Hi! My name is Stellan.
- Har du träffat Stellan? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Stellan? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Stellan i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Stellan this afternoon.
- Stellans mamma är lärare.Stellan's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Stellans mamma is Stellan's mum.
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Questions about Stellan
How do you pronounce Stellan in Swedish?
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What does the name Stellan mean?
Unknown; first recorded in 1597 for a German immigrant to Sweden.
How popular is Stellan in Sweden?
49 babies were named Stellan in 2022. In 2020, 1,887 people in Sweden had Stellan as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2018 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.