Yrsa
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Old Swedish Yrsa, derived from Old Norse Yrsa, ultimate meaning and origin unknown. Possibly from Latin ursa (“she-bear”).
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Yrsa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Yrsa has been fairly steady over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2002. 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 | 17 |
| 2003 | – |
| 2004 | 3 |
| 2005 | 9 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 4 |
| 2008 | 3 |
| 2009 | 7 |
| 2010 | – |
| 2011 | 4 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 5 |
| 2014 | 5 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 5 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 4 |
| 2019 | 6 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
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| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 196 |
| 2000 | 194 |
| 2001 | 201 |
| 2002 | 217 |
| 2003 | 222 |
| 2004 | 221 |
| 2005 | 228 |
| 2006 | 234 |
| 2007 | 236 |
| 2008 | 236 |
| 2009 | 242 |
| 2010 | 245 |
| 2011 | 248 |
| 2012 | 244 |
| 2013 | 245 |
| 2014 | 243 |
| 2015 | 243 |
| 2016 | 248 |
| 2017 | 254 |
| 2018 | 256 |
| 2019 | 255 |
| 2020 | 249 |
Yrsa in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Yrsa.Hi! My name is Yrsa.
- Yrsa har bott i Uppsala i tre år.Yrsa has lived in Uppsala for three years.
- Jag ska fika med Yrsa i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Yrsa this afternoon.
- Yrsas mamma är lärare.Yrsa's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Yrsas mamma is Yrsa's mum.
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How do you pronounce Yrsa in Swedish?
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What does the name Yrsa mean?
Inherited from Old Swedish Yrsa, derived from Old Norse Yrsa, ultimate meaning and origin unknown. Possibly from Latin ursa (“she-bear”).
How popular is Yrsa in Sweden?
7 babies were named Yrsa in 2022. In 2020, 249 people in Sweden had Yrsa as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been fairly steady lately and peaked in 2002 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.