Arne

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name occasionally used in English.

Anagrams

• EARN, Near, Nera, eRNA, earn, nare, near

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

• 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.

Proper noun

Arne

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρνη (Árnē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.neː/

Proper noun

Arnē f (genitive Arnēs); first declension

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

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

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Arne

1. A male given name.

References

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

Etymology

Old Norse Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.

Proper noun

Arne c (genitive Arnes)

1. A male given name.

References

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