Vanda
Meaning and origin
From Polish Wanda.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Vanda (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Vanda has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2008. 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | – |
| 2002 | – |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | – |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 3 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 3 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 315 |
| 2000 | 302 |
| 2001 | 291 |
| 2002 | 279 |
| 2003 | 274 |
| 2004 | 256 |
| 2005 | 247 |
| 2006 | 244 |
| 2007 | 233 |
| 2008 | 231 |
| 2009 | 230 |
| 2010 | 228 |
| 2011 | 226 |
| 2012 | 213 |
| 2013 | 203 |
| 2014 | 204 |
| 2015 | 202 |
| 2016 | 202 |
| 2017 | 205 |
| 2018 | 207 |
| 2019 | 204 |
| 2020 | 194 |
Vanda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Vanda.Hi! My name is Vanda.
- Vanda bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Vanda lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vanda har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Vanda has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Vandas mamma är lärare.Vanda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Vandas mamma is Vanda's mum.
Related names and other spellings
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Questions about Vanda
How do you pronounce Vanda in Swedish?
In IPA, Vanda is /vanːda/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it in your device's Swedish voice.
What does the name Vanda mean?
From Polish Wanda.
How popular is Vanda in Sweden?
3 babies were named Vanda in 2022. In 2020, 194 people in Sweden had Vanda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2008 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.