Wanda
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Polish. Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
Source: Wiktionary, English entry for Wanda (CC BY-SA 4.0). This is the origin of the name in English; families in Sweden may have taken it from another language.
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Wanda has been rising 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 | 3 |
| 2005 | 4 |
| 2006 | – |
| 2007 | 3 |
| 2008 | 5 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | – |
| 2014 | – |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | – |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 450 |
| 2000 | 441 |
| 2001 | 438 |
| 2002 | 434 |
| 2003 | 428 |
| 2004 | 425 |
| 2005 | 436 |
| 2006 | 431 |
| 2007 | 432 |
| 2008 | 444 |
| 2009 | 444 |
| 2010 | 442 |
| 2011 | 433 |
| 2012 | 429 |
| 2013 | 427 |
| 2014 | 423 |
| 2015 | 415 |
| 2016 | 414 |
| 2017 | 406 |
| 2018 | 395 |
| 2019 | 390 |
| 2020 | 387 |
Wanda in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Wanda.Hi! My name is Wanda.
- Har du träffat Wanda? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Wanda? She started working here on Monday.
- Wanda har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Wanda has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Wandas mamma är lärare.Wanda's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Wandas mamma is Wanda's mum.
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Questions about Wanda
How do you pronounce Wanda in Swedish?
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What does the name Wanda mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name from Polish. Borrowed from Polish Wanda, possibly derived from an ethnic term for “a Wend”.
How popular is Wanda in Sweden?
4 babies were named Wanda in 2022. In 2020, 387 people in Sweden had Wanda as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been rising 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.