Arne

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Ane in LA Laos.

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 11 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◐

Arne is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• German given name103K records spelled Arne15 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, United States, Netherlands, Belgium

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Arne', Arné, Arnè, Arn̈e

• a separate given name13K records spelled Arne4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Canada, United Kingdom

  Also written Årne, Ãrnę, Arné

• French given name4.2K records spelled Arne7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Norway, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Arné, Arner, Arnè, Arnér

• a separate given name2.7K records spelled Arne4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Norway, United States, Sweden, Belgium

  Also written Arnë, Arné, Ärne

• Turkish given name2.5K records spelled Arne6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria, Norway, Netherlands

  Languages: Turkish, Azerbaijani

  Also written Arné, Ārne, Årne

• Russian surname932 records spelled Arne9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Norway, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

  Also written Арне, Арнэ

55 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●

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

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

• In Norwegian Nynorsk, a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Arna

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

• In German, Kurzform aus Rufnamen; möglich auch zu Wohnstättennamen mnd. arn(e) 'Adler' oder mnd. arn 'Ecke, Spitze'; Bearer Count: 58

  as a name·Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen

• In Swedish, Arne är ett nordiskt namn, ursprungligen en smekform till namn på → Ar(i)n-. Namnet kom på modet under senare hälften av 1800-talet genom Bjørnstjerne Bjørnsons berättelse Arne: en glad gutt (1859). I den rikssvenska almanackan 4 augusti och i den finlandssvenska 16 november.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In English, Thomas, English composer

  as a name·Pronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 113 years between 1903–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Arne Borgb. 1901SESwedish swimmer (1901-1987)
• Arne Tiseliusb. 1902SESwedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry
• Arne Jacobsenb. 1902DKDanish architect and designer (1902–1971)
• Sigvard Arne Eklundb. 1911SESwedish politician (1911-2000)
• Arne Næssb. 1912NONorwegian philosopher and mountain climber (1912-2009)
• Arne Duncanb. 1964USAmerican educator
• Arne Slotb. 1978NLDutch football manager (born 1978)
• Arne Friedrichb. 1979DEGerman association football player
• John Arne Riiseb. 1980NONorwegian association football player
• Arne Maierb. 1999DEGerman association football 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 · 498 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Arne?

We estimate roughly 146 thousand people bear Arne (counting its spellings and scripts) across 13 countries in our records.

In which country does Arne have the most bearers?

We estimate about 51 thousand people bear Arne in Sweden, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled arne.

Where is Arne most common?

Arne is densest in Sweden, where the national register counts about 1 in 201 people carrying it.

How common is Arne compared with other names?

In Sweden, Arne is the 150th most common given name of 36,824 given names recorded there.

Is Arne a male or female name?

Arne is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

What does the name Arne mean?

Recorded meaning: From the medieval personal name Ame, a pet form of Arnold, or from the Scandinavian male name Arne, from compounds beginning with arn ‘eagle’.