Sune
Meaning and origin
From Old Norse Suni, from sun (“son”). Compare English Sonny.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Sune (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Sune has been fairly steady 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 | 8 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 6 |
| 2008 | 6 |
| 2009 | 11 |
| 2010 | 10 |
| 2011 | 11 |
| 2012 | 16 |
| 2013 | 16 |
| 2014 | 19 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 12 |
| 2019 | 21 |
| 2020 | 16 |
| 2021 | 14 |
| 2022 | 14 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 7,789 |
| 2000 | 7,683 |
| 2001 | 7,571 |
| 2002 | 7,440 |
| 2003 | 7,324 |
| 2004 | 7,229 |
| 2005 | 7,086 |
| 2006 | 6,933 |
| 2007 | 6,777 |
| 2008 | 6,630 |
| 2009 | 6,495 |
| 2010 | 6,324 |
| 2011 | 6,158 |
| 2012 | 6,004 |
| 2013 | 5,847 |
| 2014 | 5,672 |
| 2015 | 5,513 |
| 2016 | 5,311 |
| 2017 | 5,136 |
| 2018 | 4,971 |
| 2019 | 4,789 |
| 2020 | 4,604 |
Sune in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Sune.Hi! My name is Sune.
- Har du träffat Sune? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Sune? He started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Sune kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Sune is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Sunes mamma är lärare.Sune's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Sunes mamma is Sune's mum.
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Questions about Sune
How do you pronounce Sune in Swedish?
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What does the name Sune mean?
From Old Norse Suni, from sun (“son”). Compare English Sonny.
How popular is Sune in Sweden?
14 babies were named Sune in 2022. In 2020, 4,604 people in Sweden had Sune as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady 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.