This is the old Swedish name day calendar, sanctioned by the Swedish Academy in 1901, with official status until 1972. Some days still refer to traditional or religious feasts rather than personal names. Some of the names below are linked to the original saints or martyrs from which they originate. A work group, consisting of the Swedish Academy, publishers and others, agreed to adopt a new name day list in 2001, very similar to the old one but with more names. It is intended that this list will be updated every 15 years. In the year of 2022 seven new names will be added .
In Sweden, it is not uncommon for people to celebrate their name day.
The tradition originated with the Calendar of Saints.
January
Nyårsdagen (no name) Svea Alfred Rut Hanna Trettondedag jul (no name) August Erland Gunnar Sigurd Jan Frideborg Knut Felix Laura Hjalmar Anton Hilda Henrik Fabian Agnes Vincent Emelie Erika Paulus Botilda Göte Karl (*) Valter Gunilla Ivar
February
Max
Kyndelsmässodagen (no name) Disa Ansgar Agata Dorotea Rikard Berta Fanny Eugenia Yngve Evelina Agne Valentin Sigfrid Julia Alexandra Frida Gabriella Hulda Hilding Martina Torsten Mattias Sigvard Torgny Lage Maria , Maja (only in Leap Years)
March
Ernst
Gunborg
Adrian
Tora
Ebba
Camilla
Filippa
Torbjörn
Ethel
Edvin
Viktoria (*) Regina Greger Matilda Kristoffer Herbert Gertrud Edvard Josef Joakim Bengt Viktor Gerda Gabriel Marie bebådelsedag (no name) Emanuel Rudolf Malkolm Jonas
Holger
Ester, Noa
April
Harald
Gudmund
Ferdinand
Ambrosius
Nanna
Vilhelm
Ingemund
Hemming
Otto
Ingvar
Ulf
Julius
Artur
Tiburtius
Olivia
Patrik
Elias
Valdemar
Olaus Petri
Amalia
Anselm
Albertina
Georg
Vega
Markus
Teresia
Engelbrekt
Ture
Tove
Mariana
May
Valborg
Filip
Göta
Monika
Gotthard
Sigmund
Gustava
Åke
Bille
Esbjörn
Märta
Carlos
Linnea
Halvard
Sofia
Hilma
Rebecka
Erik
Alrik
Karolina
Konstantin
Henning
Desideria
Ragnvald
Urban
Vilhelmina
Blenda
Ingeborg
Baltsar
Fritjof
Isabella
June
Gun, Gunnel
Rutger
Ingemar
Holmfrid
Bo
Gustav
Robert
Salomon
Börje
Svante
Bertil
Eskil
Aina
Håkan
Justina
Axel
Torborg
Björn
Germund
Flora
Alf
Paulina
Adolf
Johannes Döparens dag
David
Rakel
Selma
Leo
Petrus
Elof
July
Aron
Rosa
Aurora
Ulrika
Melker
Esaias
Klas
Kjell
Götilda
Anund
Eleonora
Herman
Joel
Folke
Ragnhild
Reinhold
Alexis
Fredrik
Sara
Margareta
Johanna
Magdalena
Emma
Kristina
Jakob
Jesper
Marta
Botvid
Olof, Olle
Algot
Helena, Elin
August
Per
Karin
Tage
Arne
Ulrik
Sixten
Dennis
Sylvia (*) Roland Lars Susanna Klara Hillevi Ebbe Stella Brynolf Verner Helena Magnus Bernhard Josefina Henrietta Signe Bartolomeus Lovisa Östen Rolf Fatima,Leila Hans Albert Arvid
September
Samuel
Justus
Alfhild, Alva
Moses
Adela
Sakarias
Regina
Alma
Augusta
Tord
Dagny
Tyra
Ambjörn
Ida
Sigrid, Siri
Eufemia
Hildegard
Alvar
Fredrika
Lisa
Matteus
Maurits
Tekla
Gerhard
Signild
Einar
Dagmar
Lennart
Mikael
Helge
October
Ragnar
Love, Ludvig
Evald
Frans
Bror
Jenny, Jennifer
Birgitta
Nils
Ingrid
Helmer
Erling
Valfrid
Teofil
Manfred
Hedvig
Finn
Antoinetta
Lukas
Tore
Sibylla (changed from Kasper in 1934) Birger Seved Sören Evert Inga Amanda Sabina Simon Viola Elsa Edit