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Swedish female family names. Swedish form of Scandinavian Katharina meaning pure Compare with another form of Katerina. Belly Ballot uses cookies to provide you with a great user experience and for our business purposes. Is Agneta or maybe Ida.

Find out more in the annual name statistics tables. It means God is gracious. Short form of Swedish Katarina meaning pure KERSTIN.

The name Julia came about from Julius a popular old Roman family name. Top 10 common male names in Sweden. In Sweden they have this crazy rule that you actually have to have your childs name approved by the government before it is official.

The name Kajsa means Pure. And what is the most common name for men in Sweden. 101 rows What is the most common name among Swedish women.

It is a Swedish version of the French name Yolanda and means a violet flower. Quite boring I think. A woman considered the star of the sea.

The literal meaning of this name is youth. From Swedish holme Old Norse holmr meaning small island and ström Old Norse straumr meaning stream. That is the reason that we in Sweden have so many family names ending with -son Andersson Svensson Larsson Nilsson Olsson Johansson Persson Karlsson Gustafsson Eriksson and so on.