Viola
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Latin viola (“violet”). First recorded in Sweden in 1844.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Viola (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Viola has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2018. 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.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 13 |
| 1999 | 17 |
| 2000 | 19 |
| 2001 | 11 |
| 2002 | 14 |
| 2003 | 21 |
| 2004 | 14 |
| 2005 | 32 |
| 2006 | 36 |
| 2007 | 52 |
| 2008 | 63 |
| 2009 | 66 |
| 2010 | 76 |
| 2011 | 79 |
| 2012 | 81 |
| 2013 | 89 |
| 2014 | 89 |
| 2015 | 80 |
| 2016 | 103 |
| 2017 | 91 |
| 2018 | 107 |
| 2019 | 95 |
| 2020 | 101 |
| 2021 | 101 |
| 2022 | 101 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 4,483 |
| 2000 | 4,392 |
| 2001 | 4,277 |
| 2002 | 4,178 |
| 2003 | 4,120 |
| 2004 | 4,031 |
| 2005 | 3,946 |
| 2006 | 3,851 |
| 2007 | 3,739 |
| 2008 | 3,677 |
| 2009 | 3,614 |
| 2010 | 3,534 |
| 2011 | 3,517 |
| 2012 | 3,451 |
| 2013 | 3,426 |
| 2014 | 3,405 |
| 2015 | 3,368 |
| 2016 | 3,363 |
| 2017 | 3,357 |
| 2018 | 3,365 |
| 2019 | 3,366 |
| 2020 | 3,391 |
Viola in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Viola.Hi! My name is Viola.
- Har du träffat Viola? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Viola? She started working here on Monday.
- Vet du om Viola kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Viola is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Violas mamma är lärare.Viola's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Violas mamma is Viola's mum.
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Questions about Viola
How do you pronounce Viola in Swedish?
In IPA, Viola is /vɪ²uːla/. Press Listen at the top of the page to hear it from a native speaker's recording.
What does the name Viola mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Latin. From Latin viola (“violet”). First recorded in Sweden in 1844.
How popular is Viola in Sweden?
101 babies were named Viola in 2022. In 2020, 3,391 people in Sweden had Viola as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2018 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.