Valdemar
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Old Swedish Valdemar. Cognate to Danish Valdemar, which see for more. Compare German Waldemar (whence the alternative Swedish spelling Waldemar).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Valdemar (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Valdemar has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2015. 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 | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 10 |
| 1999 | 17 |
| 2000 | 22 |
| 2001 | 22 |
| 2002 | 31 |
| 2003 | 32 |
| 2004 | 37 |
| 2005 | 48 |
| 2006 | 40 |
| 2007 | 58 |
| 2008 | 68 |
| 2009 | 70 |
| 2010 | 66 |
| 2011 | 65 |
| 2012 | 61 |
| 2013 | 64 |
| 2014 | 70 |
| 2015 | 71 |
| 2016 | 54 |
| 2017 | 62 |
| 2018 | 61 |
| 2019 | 57 |
| 2020 | 62 |
| 2021 | 50 |
| 2022 | 46 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 521 |
| 2000 | 514 |
| 2001 | 518 |
| 2002 | 535 |
| 2003 | 557 |
| 2004 | 587 |
| 2005 | 622 |
| 2006 | 646 |
| 2007 | 686 |
| 2008 | 738 |
| 2009 | 789 |
| 2010 | 847 |
| 2011 | 898 |
| 2012 | 945 |
| 2013 | 999 |
| 2014 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 1,121 |
| 2016 | 1,171 |
| 2017 | 1,231 |
| 2018 | 1,282 |
| 2019 | 1,332 |
| 2020 | 1,383 |
Valdemar in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Valdemar.Hi! My name is Valdemar.
- Valdemar bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Valdemar lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Valdemar i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Valdemar this afternoon.
- Valdemars mamma är lärare.Valdemar's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Valdemars mamma is Valdemar's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Valdemar
How do you pronounce Valdemar in Swedish?
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What does the name Valdemar mean?
Inherited from Old Swedish Valdemar. Cognate to Danish Valdemar, which see for more. Compare German Waldemar (whence the alternative Swedish spelling Waldemar).
How popular is Valdemar in Sweden?
46 babies were named Valdemar in 2022. In 2020, 1,383 people in Sweden had Valdemar as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2015 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.