# Ylva

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For the sailboat class, see [Ylva (keelboat)](/source/Ylva_(keelboat)).

**Ylva** is a [Swedish](/source/Sweden) female [given name](/source/Given_name) meaning "she-wolf". It is the feminine form of the masculine given name [Ulf](/source/Ulf).[1][2] The name is also used in Norway.[3]

## Notable bearers

- [Ingrid Ylva](/source/Ingrid_Ylva) (c. 1180s–1250s), Swedish noblewoman
- [Ylva Eggehorn](/source/Ylva_Eggehorn) (born 1950), Swedish poet and writer
- [Ylva Ivarsson](/source/Ylva_Ivarsson) (born 1964), Swedish archer
- [Ylva Johansson](/source/Ylva_Johansson) (born 1964), Swedish politician
- [Ylva Lindberg](/source/Ylva_Lindberg) (born 1976), Swedish ice hockey player
- [Ylva Lööf](/source/Ylva_L%C3%B6%C3%B6f) (born 1958), Swedish actress
- [Ylva Nowén](/source/Ylva_Now%C3%A9n) (born 1970), Swedish former alpine skier
- [Ylva Thörn](/source/Ylva_Th%C3%B6rn) (born 1954), Swedish politician and former trade unionist

## In fiction

- Ylva, mother of [Vicke Viking](/source/Vicke_Viking)
- Ylva Haraldsdotter is a character in *[The Long Ships](/source/The_Long_Ships)* (original Swedish: *Röde Orm*) by [Frans Gunnar Bengtsson](/source/Frans_Gunnar_Bengtsson)[citation needed]
- A character in [Vinland Saga](/source/Vinland_Saga_(manga)) by [Makoto Yukimura](/source/Makoto_Yukimura)
- In the American movie [Alex and Emma](/source/Alex_%26_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

1. ["Namnens ursprung och betydelse"](https://www.svenskaakademien.se/svenska-akademien/almanackan/namnens-ursprung-och-betydelse#Y) [The origin and meaning of the name] (in Swedish). [Swedish Academy](/source/Swedish_Academy). Retrieved 2023-09-09.

1. ["Vad betyder namnet?"](https://historiska.se/nomina/?nomina_name=Ylva). [Historiska museet](/source/Historiska_museet). Retrieved 2025-08-09.

1. ["Ylva"](https://www.behindthename.com/name/ylva). Behind the Name. Retrieved 2025-08-09.

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