Arne

See also: Appendix:Variations of "arne"

English

Etymology

For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).

Proper noun

Arne (countable and uncountable, plural Arnes)

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
   • 2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “If we have created a holiday camp for criminals here, so what?” asked Arne Kvernvik Nilsen, the prison’s governor and a former minister and psychologist. He added, “We should reduce the risk of reoffending, because if we don’t, what’s the point of punishment, except for leaning toward the primitive side of humanity?”

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. A hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9788).
4. A township in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.

Translations

male given name

• Danish: Arne
• Faroese: Arni, Árni
• Finnish: Aarne (fi), Aarno (fi)
• German: Arne (de), Arno (de)
• Norwegian: Arne (no)
• Swedish: Arne (sv)

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Arne is the 36585^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Arne is most common among White (77.58%) and Black/African American (14.24%) individuals.

References

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Arne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57.

Anagrams

• nare, eRNA, earn, Nera, rean, Rane, Near, near, Earn, erna, EARN

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /arnə/, [ˈɑːnə]

Proper noun

Arne

1. a male given name

References

• [2] 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.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʁnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Arne

1. a male given name from the Scandinavian languages, equivalent to German Arno

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Ancient Greek Ἄρνη (Árnē)bor.

Latin Arnē

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρνη (Árnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈar.neː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈar.ne]

Proper noun

Arnē f sg (genitive Arnēs); first declension

1. A town of Thessaly, colony of Boeotia
2. A town of Boeotia

Declension

First-declension noun (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Arnē
genitive	Arnēs
dative	Arnae
accusative	Arnēn
ablative	Arnē
vocative	Arnē
locative	Arnēs

References

• “Arne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Arne”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Arne”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• Ådne, Åne, Åni, Ar(e)n

Etymology

From Old Norse Arni, Árni, short form of given names beginning with Arn-, from ǫrn (“eagle”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Árni, and Swedish and Danish Arne.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²aː(r)nə/, /aːɳə/
• IPA^(key): /²ɔːnə/ (parts of south-eastern Norway, Aust-Agder)
• IPA^(key): /²ɔːdnə/ (Hallingdal, Rogaland, western Vest-Agder)
• IPA^(key): /²auːdnə/, [²ɐ̞͡u̞ːdnə], [²ɐ̞͡oːdnə] (Voss, Hardanger)

Proper noun

Arne m

1. a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Arna

Usage notes

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

Patronymics:

• son of Arne: Arneson
• daughter of Arne: Arnedotter

Related terms

• (surnames) Arnesen

References

• Ivar Aasen (1878), Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎^[3] (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 6
• Eivind Vågslid (1988), Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 36
• Kristoffer Kruken; Ola Stemshaug (1995), Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
• Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 21 101 males with the given name Arne living in Norway on January 1st 20122, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 8th December, 20122.

Swedish

Etymology

Old Norse Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Arne c (genitive Arnes)

1. a male given name from Old Norse

Related terms

• (surnames) Arnesson
• (diminutive) Anne

References

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

Anagrams

• -erna, Enar, Erna, aren, enar, eran, rean, rena