Yngwie
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years.
Meaning & Origin of Yngwie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Yngwie Johan Malmsteen is a Swedish-American guitarist. He first became known in the 1980s for his neoclassical playing style in heavy metal, and has released 22 studio albums in a career spanning over 40 years.
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The Story of Yngwie
American parents first put Yngwie on the record books as a baby boy name in 1994, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1994, when 5 Yngwies were born — ranking #8,799 that year. Yngwie last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Yngwie
Yngwie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1994 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Yngwie's peak popularity came in 1994 when it ranked #8,799. Use the chart and map above to compare Yngwie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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