Timo
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Timo has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2014. 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 | 2 |
| 2005 | 6 |
| 2006 | 3 |
| 2007 | 9 |
| 2008 | 8 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 11 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 13 |
| 2015 | 4 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 8 |
| 2018 | 6 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | 6 |
| 2021 | 5 |
| 2022 | 6 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1,591 |
| 2000 | 1,591 |
| 2001 | 1,577 |
| 2002 | 1,582 |
| 2003 | 1,566 |
| 2004 | 1,550 |
| 2005 | 1,537 |
| 2006 | 1,532 |
| 2007 | 1,536 |
| 2008 | 1,530 |
| 2009 | 1,538 |
| 2010 | 1,536 |
| 2011 | 1,531 |
| 2012 | 1,513 |
| 2013 | 1,508 |
| 2014 | 1,520 |
| 2015 | 1,515 |
| 2016 | 1,502 |
| 2017 | 1,498 |
| 2018 | 1,498 |
| 2019 | 1,480 |
| 2020 | 1,468 |
Timo in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Timo.Hi! My name is Timo.
- Timo har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Timo has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Timo i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Timo this afternoon.
- Timos mamma är lärare.Timo's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Timos mamma is Timo's mum.
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Questions about Timo
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How popular is Timo in Sweden?
6 babies were named Timo in 2022. In 2020, 1,468 people in Sweden had Timo as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2014 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.