Ville
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given names Vilhelm and Villiam.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Ville (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Ville 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 | 13 |
| 1999 | 28 |
| 2000 | 40 |
| 2001 | 34 |
| 2002 | 57 |
| 2003 | 80 |
| 2004 | 119 |
| 2005 | 157 |
| 2006 | 162 |
| 2007 | 137 |
| 2008 | 196 |
| 2009 | 193 |
| 2010 | 206 |
| 2011 | 231 |
| 2012 | 159 |
| 2013 | 151 |
| 2014 | 139 |
| 2015 | 128 |
| 2016 | 130 |
| 2017 | 94 |
| 2018 | 90 |
| 2019 | 83 |
| 2020 | 76 |
| 2021 | 65 |
| 2022 | 70 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 366 |
| 2000 | 399 |
| 2001 | 432 |
| 2002 | 494 |
| 2003 | 575 |
| 2004 | 690 |
| 2005 | 849 |
| 2006 | 1,002 |
| 2007 | 1,134 |
| 2008 | 1,347 |
| 2009 | 1,547 |
| 2010 | 1,754 |
| 2011 | 1,981 |
| 2012 | 2,137 |
| 2013 | 2,289 |
| 2014 | 2,422 |
| 2015 | 2,545 |
| 2016 | 2,679 |
| 2017 | 2,772 |
| 2018 | 2,855 |
| 2019 | 2,939 |
| 2020 | 3,014 |
Ville in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Ville.Hi! My name is Ville.
- Ville ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Ville called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Vet du om Ville kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Ville is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Villes mamma är lärare.Ville's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Villes mamma is Ville's mum.
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Questions about Ville
How do you pronounce Ville in Swedish?
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What does the name Ville mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a diminutive of the male given names Vilhelm and Villiam.
How popular is Ville in Sweden?
70 babies were named Ville in 2022. In 2020, 3,014 people in Sweden had Ville 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.