# Arne
## English
### Etymology

For the given name, a short form of Old Norse compound names beginning with arn- (“eagle”).

### Proper noun

Arne (countable and uncountable, plural Arnes)
* A male given name from the Germanic languages occasionally used in English.
* A surname originating as a patronymic.
* A hamlet and civil parish in Dorset, England, formerly in Purbeck district (OS grid ref SY9788).
* A township in Benson County, North Dakota, United States.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Arne is the 36585th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 611 individuals. Arne is most common among White (77.58%) and Black/African American (14.24%) individuals.

### References

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Arne”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 57.
* ↑ Parish map (Dorset)

### Anagrams

* nare, eRNA, earn, Nera, rean, Rane, Near, near, Earn, erna, EARN

## Danish
### Etymology

Old Norse Arni, Árni, short forms of names beginning with Old Norse ǫrn (“eagle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /arnə/, [ˈɑːnə]

### Proper noun

Arne
* a male given name

### References

* Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 36 874 males with the given name Arne have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaʁnə/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Arne
* a male given name from the Scandinavian languages, equivalent to German Arno

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἄρνη (Árnē).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈar.neː/, [ˈärneː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈar.ne/, [ˈärne]

### Proper noun

Arnē f sg (genitive Arnēs); first declension
* A town of Thessaly, colony of Boeotia
* A town of Boeotia

#### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

### References

* “Arne”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* Arne in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “Arne”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* Ådne, Åne, Åni, Ar(e)n

### Etymology

From Old Norse Arni, Árni, short form of given names beginning with Arn-, from ǫrn (“eagle”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic Árni, and Swedish and Danish Arne.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²aː(r)nə/, /aːɳə/

### Proper noun

Arne m
* a male given name from Old Norse, feminine equivalent Arna

#### Usage notes

* The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.
Patronymics:
* son of Arne: Arneson
* daughter of Arne: Arnedotter

#### Related terms

* (surnames) Arnesen

### References

* Ivar Aasen (1878) Norsk Navnebog, eller Samling af Mandsnavne og Kvindenavne‎ (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 6
* Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 36
* Kristoffer Kruken, Ola Stemshaug (1995) Norsk personnamnleksikon, Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, →ISBN
* Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 21 101 males with the given name Arne living in Norway on January 1st 20122, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 8th December, 20122.

## Swedish
### Etymology

Old Norse Arni. A runic name revived in 1862.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Arne c (genitive Arnes)
* a male given name from Old Norse

#### Related terms

* (surnames) Arnesson
* (diminutive) Anne

### References

* Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
* Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 66 800 males with the given name Arne living in Sweden on 31 December 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

### Anagrams

* -erna, Enar, Erna, aren, enar, eran, rean, rena