English

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Etymology

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

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Arne (countable and uncountable, plural Arnes)

  1. A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
  2. A hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9788).
  3. A surname originating as a patronymic.

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Statistics

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  • 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.

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Danish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /arnə/, [ˈɑːnə]

Proper noun

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Arne

  1. a male given name

References

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  • [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.

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaʁnə/
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Arne

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

Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρνη (Árnē).

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Arnē f sg (genitive Arnēs); first declension

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

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First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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  • IPA(key): /²aː(r)nə/, /aːɳə/

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Arne m

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

Usage notes

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

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Old Norse Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.

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Arne c (genitive Arnes)

  1. a male given name
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References

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  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • [3] 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.

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