Tove
Meaning and origin
From Danish Tove. First recorded in Sweden in 1886.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tove (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tove has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2010. 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 | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 117 |
| 1999 | 130 |
| 2000 | 142 |
| 2001 | 161 |
| 2002 | 148 |
| 2003 | 153 |
| 2004 | 111 |
| 2005 | 101 |
| 2006 | 109 |
| 2007 | 83 |
| 2008 | 64 |
| 2009 | 71 |
| 2010 | 207 |
| 2011 | 177 |
| 2012 | 130 |
| 2013 | 112 |
| 2014 | 104 |
| 2015 | 117 |
| 2016 | 117 |
| 2017 | 95 |
| 2018 | 93 |
| 2019 | 98 |
| 2020 | 94 |
| 2021 | 89 |
| 2022 | 91 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,404 | 13 |
| 2000 | 4,538 | 12 |
| 2001 | 4,698 | 12 |
| 2002 | 4,838 | 10 |
| 2003 | 4,996 | 10 |
| 2004 | 5,079 | 11 |
| 2005 | 5,153 | 11 |
| 2006 | 5,244 | 11 |
| 2007 | 5,300 | 11 |
| 2008 | 5,352 | 11 |
| 2009 | 5,417 | 11 |
| 2010 | 5,613 | 12 |
| 2011 | 5,770 | 11 |
| 2012 | 5,887 | 12 |
| 2013 | 5,960 | 12 |
| 2014 | 6,046 | – |
| 2015 | 6,132 | 11 |
| 2016 | 6,214 | 12 |
| 2017 | 6,283 | 14 |
| 2018 | 6,362 | 13 |
| 2019 | 6,451 | 13 |
| 2020 | 6,509 | 13 |
Tove in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tove.Hi! My name is Tove.
- Tove ringde och sa att hon blir lite sen.Tove called and said she'll be a bit late.
- Tove har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tove has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Toves mamma är lärare.Tove's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Toves mamma is Tove's mum.
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Questions about Tove
How do you pronounce Tove in Swedish?
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What does the name Tove mean?
From Danish Tove. First recorded in Sweden in 1886.
How popular is Tove in Sweden?
91 babies were named Tove in 2022. In 2020, 6,522 people in Sweden had Tove as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2010 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.