Villy
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Willy.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Villy (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Villy has been rising over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2012. 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 | – |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 2 |
| 2014 | 2 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 3 |
| 2021 | – |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls | Men and boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 104 | 829 |
| 2000 | 96 | 819 |
| 2001 | 89 | 798 |
| 2002 | 81 | 792 |
| 2003 | 68 | 778 |
| 2004 | 62 | 763 |
| 2005 | 58 | 749 |
| 2006 | 53 | 733 |
| 2007 | 49 | 717 |
| 2008 | 45 | 700 |
| 2009 | 39 | 680 |
| 2010 | 35 | 659 |
| 2011 | 31 | 638 |
| 2012 | 28 | 612 |
| 2013 | 26 | 594 |
| 2014 | 21 | 577 |
| 2015 | 18 | 554 |
| 2016 | 15 | 529 |
| 2017 | 14 | 517 |
| 2018 | 11 | 497 |
| 2019 | – | 477 |
| 2020 | – | 459 |
Villy in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Villy.Hi! My name is Villy.
- Villy ringde och sa att han blir lite sen.Villy called and said he'll be a bit late.
- Jag ska fika med Villy i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Villy this afternoon.
- Villys mamma är lärare.Villy's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Villys mamma is Villy's mum.
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Questions about Villy
How do you pronounce Villy in Swedish?
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What does the name Villy mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name, variant of Willy.
How popular is Villy in Sweden?
4 babies were named Villy in 2022. In 2020, 459 people in Sweden had Villy as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising lately and peaked in 2012 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.