Aune
An ell is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit. The word literally means "arm", and survives in the modern English word "elbow" (arm-bend). Later usage through the 19th century refers to several longer units, some of which are thought to derive from a "double ell".
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Aune
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
An ell is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit. The word literally means "arm", and survives in the modern English word "elbow" (arm-bend). Later usage through the 19th century refers to several longer units, some of which are thought to derive from a "double ell".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Aune
American parents first put Aune on the record books as a baby girl name in 1908, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1915, when 33 Aunes were born — ranking #1,190 that year. About 66% of every Aune on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. Aune last appeared in the published SSA data in 1929, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 312 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Aune
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Aune. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Iines
Names that sound like Aune
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About the name Aune
Aune is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 312 births in the dataset. Aune's peak popularity came in 1915 when it ranked #1,190. Use the chart and map above to compare Aune'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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