Sture
Meaning and origin
A medieval byname, famous in the history of Sweden, possibly from the verb stura "to sulk", for a stubborn person. Used as a given name since the 18th century.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sture (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sture has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | 3 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 6 |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 20 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 12 |
| 2012 | 14 |
| 2013 | 13 |
| 2014 | 14 |
| 2015 | 16 |
| 2016 | 20 |
| 2017 | 15 |
| 2018 | 17 |
| 2019 | 14 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2021 | 19 |
| 2022 | 20 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 8,642 |
| 2000 | 8,372 |
| 2001 | 8,123 |
| 2002 | 7,903 |
| 2003 | 7,683 |
| 2004 | 7,472 |
| 2005 | 7,260 |
| 2006 | 7,044 |
| 2007 | 6,822 |
| 2008 | 6,611 |
| 2009 | 6,381 |
| 2010 | 6,121 |
| 2011 | 5,918 |
| 2012 | 5,678 |
| 2013 | 5,460 |
| 2014 | 5,245 |
| 2015 | 5,049 |
| 2016 | 4,854 |
| 2017 | 4,637 |
| 2018 | 4,450 |
| 2019 | 4,273 |
| 2020 | 4,068 |
Sture in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sture.Hi! My name is Sture.
- Sture har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Sture has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vet du om Sture kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sture is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Stures mamma är lärare.Sture's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Stures mamma is Sture's mum.
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Questions about Sture
How do you pronounce Sture in Swedish?
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What does the name Sture mean?
A medieval byname, famous in the history of Sweden, possibly from the verb stura "to sulk", for a stubborn person. Used as a given name since the 18th century.
How popular is Sture in Sweden?
20 babies were named Sture in 2022. In 2020, 4,068 people in Sweden had Sture as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 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.