Ylva

Ylva
Gender	Female
Language	Swedish, Norwegian
Name day	April 11 (Sweden, Norway) ; September 13 (Finland (Swedish language))
Other gender
Masculine	Ulf
Origin
Language	Swedish
Meaning	she-wolf

Ylva is a Swedish female given name meaning "she-wolf". It is the feminine form of the masculine given name Ulf. The name is also used in Norway.

Notable bearers

Ingrid Ylva (c. 1180s–1250s), Swedish noblewoman
Ylva Eggehorn (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer
Ylva Ivarsson (born 1964), Swedish archer
Ylva Johansson (born 1964), Swedish politician
Ylva Lindberg (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
Ylva Lööf (born 1958), Swedish actress
Ylva Nowén (born 1970), Swedish former alpine skier
Ylva Thörn (born 1954), Swedish politician and former trade unionist

In fiction

Ylva, mother of Vicke Viking
Ylva Haraldsdotter is a character in The Long Ships (original Swedish: Röde Orm) by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson^{[citation needed]}
A character in Vinland Saga by Makoto Yukimura
In the American movie Alex and Emma, Alex (a novelist) and Emma (his paid stenographer) get into an argument about whether Ylva (a character in his story) is a real name or not (which sends some American viewers to the internet to see whether it really is a name).

References

↑ "Namnens ursprung och betydelse" [The origin and meaning of the name] (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. Retrieved 2023-09-09.
↑ "Vad betyder namnet?". Historiska museet. Retrieved 2025-08-09.
↑ "Ylva". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2025-08-09.

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[1] "Namnens ursprung och betydelse" [The origin and meaning of the name] (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. Retrieved 2023-09-09.

[2] "Vad betyder namnet?". Historiska museet. Retrieved 2025-08-09.

[3] "Ylva". Behind the Name. Retrieved 2025-08-09.