Aarne
Aarne may be a masculine given name and a surname. It is a Finnish and Estonian form of the given name Arne, a form of "Arnold". Notable people with the name include:
- Finnish
- Estonian
Meaning & Origin of Aarne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aarne may be a masculine given name and a surname. It is a Finnish and Estonian form of the given name Arne, a form of "Arnold". Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
- Estonian
The Story of Aarne
Aarne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1919, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1919: 5 births, good for #4,168 nationwide. About 50% of every Aarne on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Aarne last appeared in the published SSA data in 1920, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Aarne
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aarne. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Aarni
Names that sound like Aarne
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About the name Aarne
Aarne is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1919 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Aarne's peak popularity came in 1919 when it ranked #4,168. Use the chart and map above to compare Aarne's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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