Åke

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Male Male Name

Usage

Denmark Danish
Norway Norwegian
Sweden Swedish
Finland Finnish

Origin and Meaning

1) Modern form of Áki [1] [2]

2) In Sweden sometimes misinterpreted as coming from the word åka = 'to drive' [2]

Related Names

     
Åke ♂ Frequency of occurance as female name todayFrequency of occurance as male name today Danish Finnish Norwegian Swedish

Name Days

Norway Norway

8 May

Finland (Swedish Language)Finland (Swedish Language) Finland (Swedish Language)

8 May

Sweden Sweden

8 May

Further Information

Namesakes

Karl Åke Peter Edwardson, Swedish author, * 1953

Statistics

Name count per country
CountryCommonnessFemale ♀ Male ♂
Statimg f legend.pngStatimg m legend.pngas main name#also aux. name&as main name#also aux. name&
Sweden Sweden[3] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m5.png 0 1 18860 88835
Norway Norway[4] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m3.png 0 0 54 118
Denmark Denmark[5] Statimg f0.pngStatimg m2.png 0 n.a. 11 n.a
Finland Finland[6] Statimg f1.pngStatimg m4.png n.a. 1 n.a 4544
  #: count of main first name only
  &: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

Recent statistics trend[3][5][4][6]:Name statistics for Åke(m)


Sources: [3] [5] [4] [6]

References

  1. ↑ Kristoffer Kruken og Ola Stemshaug: Norsk Personnamnleksikon (1995)
  2. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
  3. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
  4. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
  5. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
  6. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi
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