Valfrid
Meaning and origin
From German Walfried, from Old High German waltan (“rule”) + fridu (“peace”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Valfrid (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Valfrid has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2011. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | – |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | – |
| 2008 | – |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 5 |
| 2012 | 3 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | 3 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 191 |
| 2000 | 176 |
| 2001 | 157 |
| 2002 | 144 |
| 2003 | 128 |
| 2004 | 119 |
| 2005 | 113 |
| 2006 | 106 |
| 2007 | 94 |
| 2008 | 90 |
| 2009 | 82 |
| 2010 | 76 |
| 2011 | 75 |
| 2012 | 69 |
| 2013 | 65 |
| 2014 | 61 |
| 2015 | 59 |
| 2016 | 65 |
| 2017 | 61 |
| 2018 | 63 |
| 2019 | 63 |
| 2020 | 60 |
Valfrid in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Valfrid.Hi! My name is Valfrid.
- Valfrid bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Valfrid lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Valfrid har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Valfrid has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Valfrids mamma är lärare.Valfrid's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Valfrids mamma is Valfrid's mum.
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Questions about Valfrid
How do you pronounce Valfrid in Swedish?
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What does the name Valfrid mean?
From German Walfried, from Old High German waltan (“rule”) + fridu (“peace”).
How popular is Valfrid in Sweden?
2 babies were named Valfrid in 2022. In 2020, 60 people in Sweden had Valfrid as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2011 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.