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“she-wolf”
No sourced pronunciation yet
01 / Meaning & origin
Ylvi is recorded in Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023 (2017–2023), in Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025 (2000–2025) and in Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows) (1984–2025), given to girls; no dictionary entry is in our sources yet. It is a form of Ylva, for which English Wikipedia gives the meaning “she-wolf”.
Meaning: “she-wolf”
No etymology text in the cited sources.
02 / Across borders
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03 / By the numbers
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1984–2025 Spelling: Ylvi
Recorded category girls
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Source: Statistik Austria · Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
No rounding stated; counts are integers (valueStatus=observed). National counts are computed by NameStoria as the sum of the published district rows plus the GEH row for the same name/sex/year (the file has no national total row); see notes for the overlap check.
Per million is unavailable: this source has no matching published total.
| Year | Births | Rank | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1985 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1986 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1987 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1988 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1989 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1990 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1991 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1992 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1993 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1994 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1995 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1996 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1997 | 1 | 791 | observed |
| 1998 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 1999 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2000 | 3 | 542 | observed |
| 2001 | no value | no value | not covered |
| 2002 | 1 | 1,065 | observed |
| 2003 | 3 | 654 | observed |
| 2004 | 1 | 1,211 | observed |
| 2005 | 7 | 447 | observed |
| 2006 | 7 | 447 | observed |
| 2007 | 8 | 423 | observed |
| 2008 | 5 | 562 | observed |
| 2009 | 8 | 421 | observed |
| 2010 | 8 | 515 | observed |
| 2011 | 8 | 491 | observed |
| 2012 | 9 | 474 | observed |
| 2013 | 11 | 416 | observed |
| 2014 | 6 | 624 | observed |
| 2015 | 17 | 311 | observed |
| 2016 | 16 | 336 | observed |
| 2017 | 13 | 393 | observed |
| 2018 | 13 | 387 | observed |
| 2019 | 15 | 350 | observed |
| 2020 | 21 | 272 | observed |
| 2021 | 21 | 277 | observed |
| 2022 | 24 | 247 | observed |
| 2023 | 16 | 337 | observed |
| 2024 | 19 | 290 | observed |
| 2025 | 18 | 301 | observed |
Statistics count the spelling “Ylvi” 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.
Released 2026-07-09 · Retrieved 2026-10-15 · CC-BY-4.0
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06 / Behind the facts
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Statistik Austria — Vornamen (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1): first names of live births, Austria, 1984-2025 (national counts from district rows)
Statistik Austria (Bundesanstalt Statistik Österreich) · CC-BY-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
Switzerland — published first names of newborns, 2000–2025
Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Switzerland · opendata.swiss OPEN-BY (commercial and non-commercial reuse with source attribution) · retrieved 2026-10-15
Berlin — published first-given-name registration counts, 2017–2023
BerlinOnline GmbH, based on Berlin LABO civil-registry data · CC-BY-3.0-DE · retrieved 2026-10-15
Wiktionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikidata: CC0. Commons recordings retain their individual file licences. Complete attribution is available in each group above and alongside each chart.
