Stig
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Stígr. A Danish name revived in Sweden since 1867.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Stig (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Stig has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | 6 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | 8 |
| 2007 | 11 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | 14 |
| 2011 | 16 |
| 2012 | 15 |
| 2013 | 22 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 24 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 18 |
| 2019 | 30 |
| 2020 | 27 |
| 2021 | 26 |
| 2022 | 24 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 45,639 |
| 2000 | 44,398 |
| 2001 | 43,097 |
| 2002 | 41,889 |
| 2003 | 40,624 |
| 2004 | 39,349 |
| 2005 | 38,106 |
| 2006 | 36,866 |
| 2007 | 35,689 |
| 2008 | 34,540 |
| 2009 | 33,494 |
| 2010 | 32,302 |
| 2011 | 31,197 |
| 2012 | 30,103 |
| 2013 | 28,936 |
| 2014 | 27,774 |
| 2015 | 26,602 |
| 2016 | 25,399 |
| 2017 | 24,213 |
| 2018 | 23,122 |
| 2019 | 22,063 |
| 2020 | 20,800 |
Stig in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Stig.Hi! My name is Stig.
- Stig har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Stig has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Stigs mamma är lärare.Stig's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Stigs mamma is Stig's mum.
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Questions about Stig
How do you pronounce Stig in Swedish?
In IPA, Stig is /stiːɡ/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Stig mean?
From Old Norse Stígr. A Danish name revived in Sweden since 1867.
How popular is Stig in Sweden?
24 babies were named Stig in 2022. In 2020, 20,800 people in Sweden had Stig as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2019 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.