Arne

See also arne, and arnë

English

Etymology

Short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name occasionally used in English.

Translations

male given name

• Danish: Arne (da)
• Faroese: Arni (fo), Árni (fo)
• Finnish: Aarne (fi), Aarno (fi)

• German: Arne (de), Arno (de)
• Norwegian: Arne (no)
• Swedish: Arne (sv)

Anagrams

• earn, nare, near, Nera

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Danish

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Etymology

Old Norse Arni, Árni, short forms of names beginning with ǫrn (“eagle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /arnə, [ˈɑːnə]

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name.

References

• [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 36 874 males with the given name Arne have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

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German

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name borrowed from Scandinavia; cognate to German Arno.

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Norwegian

Etymology

Old Norse Arni, short form of given names beginning with Arn-, ǫrn (“eagle”).

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name.

Usage notes

• The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.

Related terms

• (surnames) Arnesen

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [2] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 27 032 males with the given name Arne living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on April 29th, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (surnames) Arnesson

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 66 800 males with the given name Arne living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.