Arne

Where Arne comes from

For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Arne
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1902
    Arne Tiselius born
    Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry
  2. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,009 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1916
    Peak, #724
    69 babies named Arne — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1930
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,259.
  5. 1979
    Arne Friedrich born
    German association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
Namesakes
  • Arne Tiselius · Swedish biochemist and Nobel Prize laureate in Chemistry, 1902–1971
  • Arne Friedrich · German association football player, born 1979
  • Arne Slot · Dutch football manager, born 1978
  • Arne Garborg · Norwegian writer, 1851–1924
  • Arne Jacobsen · Danish architect and designer, 1902–1971

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.