Old Norse origin
Source-reportedShortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).
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- Wiktionary: EbbeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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Old Norse roots
01 / Meaning & origin
Ebbe is a masculine given name documented in Swedish and Danish. English Wiktionary traces it to Old Norse Ásbjǫrn.
Separate records with matching spellings: Ebbe (Danish, Swedish)
Shortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).
02 / Across borders
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United States, 1918: 5 boys (rank 4179).
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03 / By the numbers
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1998–2022 Spelling: Ebbe
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Source: Statistics Sweden · Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Published integer counts retained without rounding.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2003 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2004 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2005 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2006 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2007 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2008 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2009 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2010 | 134 | 96 | grouped |
| 2011 | 134 | 99 | grouped |
| 2012 | 230 | 67 | grouped |
| 2013 | 221 | 70 | grouped |
| 2014 | 329 | 46 | grouped |
| 2015 | 358 | 42 | grouped |
| 2016 | 332 | 43 | grouped |
| 2017 | 330 | 45 | grouped |
| 2018 | 368 | 37 | grouped |
| 2019 | 367 | 37 | grouped |
| 2020 | 369 | 39 | grouped |
| 2021 | 406 | 31 | grouped |
| 2022 | 343 | 35 | grouped |
Statistics count the spelling “Ebbe” as recorded by the publisher. When a spelling has several independent origins, the counts are not split between them. Counts measure births. Gaps are years without a published value, not zeros.
Rates per million are unavailable for this series because no compatible denominator has been imported.
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Read our methodology04 / Through time
Passages quoted verbatim from public-domain reference works. They reflect the scholarship of their time, not current consensus, and may use obsolete spellings.
Ebbe— “firm wild boar”
The Germans likewise have a feminine from this ‘boarfirm’ word Eberbardine, contracted into Ebertine, or Ebba, and in Frisian, Ebbe or Jebbe. I am afraid these German forms do not certainly account for the Saxon Ebba, or Æbbe, sister of St. Oswald, and foundress of the famous priory of Coldingham. However, England had one St. Eberhilda, who was a pupil of St. Wilfrid, and foundress of a monastery called Everidisham, the locality of which cannot be discovered; but the abbess…
The Germans likewise have a feminine from this ‘boarfirm’ word Eberbardine, contracted into Ebertine, or Ebba, and in Frisian, Ebbe or Jebbe. I am afraid these German forms do not certainly account for the Saxon Ebba, or Æbbe, sister of St. Oswald, and foundress of the famous priory of Coldingham. However, England had one St. Eberhilda, who was a pupil of St. Wilfrid, and foundress of a monastery called Everidisham, the locality of which cannot be discovered; but the abbess must have left an impression on the ladies of the North, to judge by the frequency of the occurrence of Everilda, which, with the contractions of Averilla and Averil, is not yet extinct.
Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), Part VI, Chapter III (Names From Objects Connected With Mythology), Section III (Eber, the Boar) · Public domain (Project Gutenberg)
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Danish rower (1922–2013)
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06 / Behind the facts
Review status: Source-reported — no editorial review recorded yet. Last data change 2026-10-15.
Sweden — grouped top 100 newborn calling names, 1998–2022
Statistics Sweden (SCB) · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Denmark — grouped top baby names, 1985–2025
Statistics Denmark (Danmarks Statistik) · Statistics Denmark attribution terms (commercial and non-commercial reuse permitted) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Norway — published individual first-name birth counts, 1945–2025
Statistics Norway (SSB) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Netherlands — SVB newborn names from child-benefit administration, 2017–2025
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB), Netherlands · Dutch public-sector database reuse assessment; no standard publisher licence stated · retrieved 2026-10-15
Finland — first given names of living Finnish citizens in Finland or abroad, 2026-08-03
Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
SSA national baby names, 1880–2025 (CC0 redistribution)
US Social Security Administration; redistributed by nkrishnaswami · CC0-1.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
NISRA — First Forenames Given to Babies Registered in Northern Ireland, 1997-2025 (full list)
Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) · OGL-UK-3.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
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