Wiggo
Meaning and origin
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Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Wiggo has been falling 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 | – |
| 1999 | – |
| 2000 | – |
| 2001 | 10 |
| 2002 | 13 |
| 2003 | 31 |
| 2004 | 32 |
| 2005 | 38 |
| 2006 | 59 |
| 2007 | 50 |
| 2008 | 59 |
| 2009 | 61 |
| 2010 | 58 |
| 2011 | 54 |
| 2012 | 51 |
| 2013 | 45 |
| 2014 | 39 |
| 2015 | 35 |
| 2016 | 45 |
| 2017 | 40 |
| 2018 | 35 |
| 2019 | 25 |
| 2020 | 22 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2022 | 30 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 41 |
| 2000 | 45 |
| 2001 | 52 |
| 2002 | 66 |
| 2003 | 96 |
| 2004 | 123 |
| 2005 | 163 |
| 2006 | 223 |
| 2007 | 275 |
| 2008 | 339 |
| 2009 | 398 |
| 2010 | 452 |
| 2011 | 508 |
| 2012 | 559 |
| 2013 | 604 |
| 2014 | 644 |
| 2015 | 678 |
| 2016 | 720 |
| 2017 | 764 |
| 2018 | 795 |
| 2019 | 819 |
| 2020 | 839 |
Wiggo in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Wiggo.Hi! My name is Wiggo.
- Har du träffat Wiggo? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Wiggo? He started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Wiggo i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Wiggo this afternoon.
- Wiggos mamma är lärare.Wiggo's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Wiggos mamma is Wiggo's mum.
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How popular is Wiggo in Sweden?
30 babies were named Wiggo in 2022. In 2020, 839 people in Sweden had Wiggo as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling 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.