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Arne
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Appendix:Variations of "arne"
English
Etymology
For the given name, a short form of en non - compound names beginning with non arn arn- eagle.
Proper noun
~ s
en male Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
en John D. Sutter Welcome to the world’s nicest prison w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 2012-05-24 “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?” https://web.archive.org/web/20260726080340/https://www.cnn.com/2012/05/24/world/europe/norway-prison-bastoy-nicest/index.html 26 July 2026
en patronymics.
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Translations
male given name
Danish: da Arne
Faroese: fo Arni, fo Árni
Finnish: fi Aarne, fi Aarno
German: de Arne, de Arno
Norwegian: no Arne
Swedish: sv Arne
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Arne is the 36585th 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
Anagrams
en aenr nare eRNA earn Nera rean Rane Near near Earn erna EARN
Danish
da:+ (navn)
Etymology
da non Arni, non Árni, short forms of names beginning with non ǫrn eagle.
Pronunciation
da /arnə/ [ˈɑːnə]
Proper noun
da male
References
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
de /ˈaʁnə/
de De-Arne.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de male Scandinavian languages de:Arno
Latin
Etymology
la Arnē :bor grc:Ἄρνη + 1
Pronunciation
Arnē
Proper noun
Arnē<1.loc>
A town of Thessaly, colony of Boeotia
A town of Boeotia
Declension
Arnē<1.loc>
References
la Greece Towns
Norwegian Bokmål
Arne (name),no:Arne
Etymology
nb non Arni m, originally a short form of compound names whose first element meant “eagle”, from non ǫrn eagle, ultimately from nb gem-pro *arô eagle.
Cognate with fo Árni, is Árni, da Arne and sv Arne.
Pronunciation
nb /²ɑːr.nə/ [²ɑːɳə]
nb ɑːrnə 2
nb arne
nb Ar ne
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb male Old Norse.
Usage notes
The Norwegian name day for nb Arne is 4 August, shared with nb Arna and nb Arnhild.
The name rose in popularity during the latter half of the 19th century, probably partly because of Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson's 1859 tale Arne. It ranked first among names given to boys in Norway every year from 1911 through 1935.
Derived terms
nb Arnesen<t:patronymic surname> 0
Statistics
According to Statistics Norway, 18,477 men in Norway had nb Arne as their sole or first given name as of 31 December 2025, and 19 boys were given the name in 2025.“Navn”, Statistics Norway; search for “Arne” (2025 data).
References
“Arne – mannsnamn” in Store norske leksikon.
“Arne” and “Arni” at Nordic Names.
Anagrams
nb aenr -aner Erna rane
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Alternative forms
nn Ådne Åne Åni Arn Ar(e)n
Etymology
From nn non Arni, non Árni, short form of given names beginning with Arn-, from non ǫrn eagle. Cognate with fo,is Árni and sv,da Arne.
Pronunciation
nn /²aː(r)nə/ /aːɳə/
nn /²ɔːnə/ parts of south-eastern Norway, Aust-Agder
nn /²ɔːdnə/ Hallingdal, Rogaland, western Vest-Agder
nn /²auːdnə/ [²ɐ̞͡u̞ːdnə] [²ɐ̞͡oːdnə] Voss, Hardanger
Proper noun
nn proper noun m
nn male Old Norse Arna
Usage notes
The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
Arne
Related terms
(surnames) no Arnesen
References
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Swedish
Etymology
sv non Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Arne.wav
Proper noun
c
sv male Old Norse
Related terms
(surnames) sv Arnesson
(diminutive) sv Anne
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622: 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
sv aenr -erna Enar Erna aren enar eran rean rena