Yngve
Meaning and origin
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of Old Norse origin.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Yngve (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Yngve 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 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 |
| 2009 | 6 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 2 |
| 2012 | 9 |
| 2013 | 3 |
| 2014 | 6 |
| 2015 | – |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | – |
| 2018 | 8 |
| 2019 | – |
| 2020 | 4 |
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,632 |
| 2000 | 5,498 |
| 2001 | 5,355 |
| 2002 | 5,202 |
| 2003 | 5,049 |
| 2004 | 4,907 |
| 2005 | 4,756 |
| 2006 | 4,594 |
| 2007 | 4,443 |
| 2008 | 4,301 |
| 2009 | 4,128 |
| 2010 | 3,939 |
| 2011 | 3,791 |
| 2012 | 3,656 |
| 2013 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 3,399 |
| 2015 | 3,246 |
| 2016 | 3,112 |
| 2017 | 2,974 |
| 2018 | 2,838 |
| 2019 | 2,705 |
| 2020 | 2,566 |
Yngve in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Yngve.Hi! My name is Yngve.
- Har du träffat Yngve? Han började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Yngve? He started working here on Monday.
- Yngve har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Yngve has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Yngves mamma är lärare.Yngve's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Yngves mamma is Yngve's mum.
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Questions about Yngve
How do you pronounce Yngve in Swedish?
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What does the name Yngve mean?
Wiktionary describes it as a male given name of Old Norse origin.
How popular is Yngve in Sweden?
7 babies were named Yngve in 2022. In 2020, 2,566 people in Sweden had Yngve 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.