Boy · Old Norse
Arne
Say it: AR-neh
Meaning
From Old Norse Árni, from ari or ǫrn 'eagle'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Common in Scandinavia in the first half of the 20th century.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1910s
In the United States
- 2,810 babies given this name since 1903
- At its height in 1916, about 1 in 12,900 boys
- 7 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The High and Late Middle Ages1100 to 1450
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
| Icelandic | Árni |
|---|---|
| Finnish | Aarne |
Famous bearers
- Árni Magnússon, Icelandic manuscript collector
- Arne Jacobsen, Danish designer
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Where this comes from
- The Icelandic sagas and other Old Norse literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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