Viggo
Meaning and origin
From Danish Viggo. First recorded in Sweden in 1851.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Viggo (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Viggo has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2009. 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 | 15 |
| 1999 | 15 |
| 2000 | 47 |
| 2001 | 53 |
| 2002 | 114 |
| 2003 | 240 |
| 2004 | 305 |
| 2005 | 327 |
| 2006 | 433 |
| 2007 | 408 |
| 2008 | 443 |
| 2009 | 479 |
| 2010 | 441 |
| 2011 | 399 |
| 2012 | 343 |
| 2013 | 345 |
| 2014 | 291 |
| 2015 | 282 |
| 2016 | 344 |
| 2017 | 319 |
| 2018 | 269 |
| 2019 | 276 |
| 2020 | 269 |
| 2021 | 277 |
| 2022 | 251 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 322 |
| 2000 | 359 |
| 2001 | 408 |
| 2002 | 514 |
| 2003 | 750 |
| 2004 | 1,050 |
| 2005 | 1,356 |
| 2006 | 1,783 |
| 2007 | 2,176 |
| 2008 | 2,637 |
| 2009 | 3,110 |
| 2010 | 3,554 |
| 2011 | 3,947 |
| 2012 | 4,281 |
| 2013 | 4,632 |
| 2014 | 4,919 |
| 2015 | 5,185 |
| 2016 | 5,541 |
| 2017 | 5,866 |
| 2018 | 6,128 |
| 2019 | 6,399 |
| 2020 | 6,659 |
Viggo in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Viggo.Hi! My name is Viggo.
- Viggo bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Viggo lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Jag ska fika med Viggo i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Viggo this afternoon.
- Viggos mamma är lärare.Viggo's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Viggos mamma is Viggo's mum.
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Questions about Viggo
How do you pronounce Viggo in Swedish?
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What does the name Viggo mean?
From Danish Viggo. First recorded in Sweden in 1851.
How popular is Viggo in Sweden?
251 babies were named Viggo in 2022. In 2020, 6,659 people in Sweden had Viggo as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2009 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.