Tuva
Meaning and origin
From Norwegian Tuva. Sometimes interpreted as a plant name from tuva.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Tuva (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Tuva 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.
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| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 47 |
| 1999 | 68 |
| 2000 | 103 |
| 2001 | 198 |
| 2002 | 271 |
| 2003 | 290 |
| 2004 | 373 |
| 2005 | 360 |
| 2006 | 382 |
| 2007 | 407 |
| 2008 | 407 |
| 2009 | 384 |
| 2010 | 413 |
| 2011 | 384 |
| 2012 | 339 |
| 2013 | 274 |
| 2014 | 289 |
| 2015 | 286 |
| 2016 | 236 |
| 2017 | 206 |
| 2018 | 210 |
| 2019 | 228 |
| 2020 | 196 |
| 2021 | 182 |
| 2022 | 191 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 255 |
| 2000 | 354 |
| 2001 | 554 |
| 2002 | 821 |
| 2003 | 1,110 |
| 2004 | 1,471 |
| 2005 | 1,824 |
| 2006 | 2,200 |
| 2007 | 2,601 |
| 2008 | 3,028 |
| 2009 | 3,416 |
| 2010 | 3,833 |
| 2011 | 4,214 |
| 2012 | 4,551 |
| 2013 | 4,828 |
| 2014 | 5,121 |
| 2015 | 5,403 |
| 2016 | 5,633 |
| 2017 | 5,838 |
| 2018 | 6,055 |
| 2019 | 6,264 |
| 2020 | 6,443 |
Tuva in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Tuva.Hi! My name is Tuva.
- Tuva bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Tuva lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Tuva har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Tuva has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Tuvas mamma är lärare.Tuva's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Tuvas mamma is Tuva's mum.
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Questions about Tuva
How do you pronounce Tuva in Swedish?
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What does the name Tuva mean?
From Norwegian Tuva. Sometimes interpreted as a plant name from tuva.
How popular is Tuva in Sweden?
191 babies were named Tuva in 2022. In 2020, 6,443 people in Sweden had Tuva 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.