Wilhelmina
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a German type spelling of Vilhelmina.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Wilhelmina (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Wilhelmina has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2019. 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 | 2 |
| 2005 | – |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 5 |
| 2008 | 10 |
| 2009 | 10 |
| 2010 | 13 |
| 2011 | 10 |
| 2012 | 7 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 13 |
| 2016 | 13 |
| 2017 | 11 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 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 | 66 |
| 2000 | 70 |
| 2001 | 74 |
| 2002 | 80 |
| 2003 | 79 |
| 2004 | 83 |
| 2005 | 86 |
| 2006 | 87 |
| 2007 | 96 |
| 2008 | 111 |
| 2009 | 122 |
| 2010 | 137 |
| 2011 | 149 |
| 2012 | 155 |
| 2013 | 160 |
| 2014 | 170 |
| 2015 | 183 |
| 2016 | 199 |
| 2017 | 215 |
| 2018 | 220 |
| 2019 | 237 |
| 2020 | 249 |
Wilhelmina in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Wilhelmina.Hi! My name is Wilhelmina.
- Wilhelmina bor i Göteborg och pluggar till sjuksköterska.Wilhelmina lives in Gothenburg and is training to be a nurse.
- Vet du om Wilhelmina kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Wilhelmina is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Wilhelminas mamma är lärare.Wilhelmina's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Wilhelminas mamma is Wilhelmina's mum.
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Questions about Wilhelmina
How do you pronounce Wilhelmina in Swedish?
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What does the name Wilhelmina mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a female given name, a German type spelling of Vilhelmina.
How popular is Wilhelmina in Sweden?
4 babies were named Wilhelmina in 2022. In 2020, 249 people in Sweden had Wilhelmina as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2019 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.