Ante

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Finnish
Norwegian
Danish

Origin and Meaning

1) Pet form of Andreas ^{[1] [2]}

2) Pet form of Anton (see Antonius) ^{[1] [2] [3]}

3) Frisian pet form of names containing the Germanic name element AND ^[2]

Related Names

Ante	♂
Antea	♀

Further Information

Predominant Regional Usage

Sweden: Norrland and Öland ^[1]

Statistics

Name count per country
Country	Commonness	Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also aux. name&	as main name#	also aux. name&
Sweden[4]		0	0	441	683
Norway[5]		0	0	36	70
Denmark[6]		0	n.a.	10	n.a
Finland[7]		0	0	n.a	139
#: 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^[4][6][5][7]:

Sources: ^{[4] [6] [5] [7]}

References

1. ↑ Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn (1979)
2. ↑ Wilfried Seibicke: Historisches Deutsches Vornamenbuch (Band 1-4)
3. ↑ Evan Bogan: Navnebogen (2005)
4. ↑ Statistiska Centralbyrån, National statistics office of Sweden, http://www.scb.se/
5. ↑ Statistisk Sentralbyrå, National statistics office of Norway, http://www.ssb.no
6. ↑ Danmarks Statistik, National statistics office of Denmark, http://www.dst.dk
7. ↑ Väestörekisterikeskus, National Population Register Centre of Finland, http://www.vrk.fi