Synnöve
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, Swedish spelling of Norwegian Synnøve.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Synnöve (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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 | 586 |
| 2000 | 589 |
| 2001 | 586 |
| 2002 | 582 |
| 2003 | 577 |
| 2004 | 577 |
| 2005 | 565 |
| 2006 | 565 |
| 2007 | 561 |
| 2008 | 557 |
| 2009 | 549 |
| 2010 | 539 |
| 2011 | 532 |
| 2012 | 527 |
| 2013 | 516 |
| 2014 | 505 |
| 2015 | 491 |
| 2016 | 477 |
| 2017 | 472 |
| 2018 | 456 |
| 2019 | 452 |
| 2020 | 436 |
Synnöve in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Synnöve.Hi! My name is Synnöve.
- Synnöve har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Synnöve has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Synnöves mamma är lärare.Synnöve's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Synnöves mamma is Synnöve's mum.
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Questions about Synnöve
How do you pronounce Synnöve in Swedish?
Press Listen at the top of the page to hear Synnöve in your device's Swedish voice. Ö is like the vowel in 'bird', said with rounded lips.
What does the name Synnöve mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, Swedish spelling of Norwegian Synnøve.
How popular is Synnöve in Sweden?
Fewer than two babies of either sex were named Synnöve in 2022. In 2020, 436 people in Sweden had Synnöve 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.