Ane

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 28 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Ane is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name98K records spelled Ane131 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Brazil, Norway, Denmark, United States

  Languages: English, Norwegian Bokmål, Danish

  Also written Aene, Ane', AaNe, Äņę, Ãnë

• Catalan given name23K records spelled Ane59 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, France, Belgium, United States

  Languages: Catalan, French

  Also written Ané, Âne, Anè, Àne, Ãne

• a separate given name4.2K records spelled Ane21 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Norway, United States, Sweden

  Also written Åne, Ăňĕ, Änē, Ânê, Ãñĕ

• a separate given name2.9K records spelled Ane8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Spain, Norway

  Also written Ané, Åne, Aṇe, Ăne, Añe

61 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Ane is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Akan, F. tcest; tcesficard, icindirard. Mt. R^ll. = anafo. ane, F. = an^ or

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In cdo, to injure persons till their bowls are turned. down (empty) and

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, the part of a splint next to the skin, inner splints

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In cdo, sauk-m0o crestfallen, downcast, in low spirits

  as a word·Dictionary of the Foochow Dialect

• In pi, optative active singular of anati (“to breathe”)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

NO SSB — Navn (1880–present) — 73 years between 1949–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ane Gabarainb. 1963ESSpanish-Basque actress (born 1963)
• Ane Dahl Torpb. 1975NONorwegian actress
• Ane Brunb. 1976NONorwegian singer-songwriter
• Ane Stangeland Horpestadb. 1980NONorwegian footballer
• Ane Halsboe-Jørgensenb. 1983DKDanish politician (1983-)
• Ane Pikazab. 1984ESSpanish actress
• Ane Høgsbergb. 1988DKDanish stand-up comedian
• Ane Ulimoen Øverlib. 1990NONorwegian actress
• Jo-ane Van Dykb. 1997ZASouth African track and field athlete
• Ane Mintegib. 2003ESBasque tennis player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 529 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Ane?

We estimate roughly 64 thousand people bear Ane (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Ane have the most bearers?

We estimate about 41 thousand people bear Ane in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled ane.

Where is Ane most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Ane is densest in Norway — about 1 in 1.2 thousand people — even though Brazil holds more of our records for it.

How common is Ane compared with other names?

In Brazil, Ane is the 807th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Ane a male or female name?

Ane is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Ane mean?

Recorded meaning: Abbreviation of Ancient Near East.