Åke
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Åke |
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| Gender | Male |
| Meaning | from ano, "ancestor" |
| Region of Origin | Sweden |
| Language of Origin | Swedish |
| Origin | medieval Germanic |
| Related names | Åge |
| Name day | May 8 (Sweden) |
| Wikipedia articles | All pages beginning with Åke |
For other uses, see Ake (disambiguation).
Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:[1]
- Åke Bergqvist (1900 - 1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
- Åke Borg (1901 – 1973), Swedish swimmer
- Åke Edwardson (b. 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
- Åke Fridell (1919 – 1985), Swedish film actor
- Åke Green (b. 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
- Åke Gustafsson (1908 - 1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
- Åke Häger (1897 - 1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
- Åke Hodell (1919 - 2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
- Ake Jonsson (b. ?), Swedish motocross racer.
- Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (b. 1928), Finnish director and actor
- Åke Nauman (1908 - ), Swedish Olympic water polo player
- Åke Parmerud (b. 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
- Åke Pleijel (1913-1989), Swedish mathematician
- Åke Rusck (1912 - 1977), Swedish businessman
- Åke Seyffarth (1919 – 1998), Swedish speed skater
- Åke Thelning (1892 - 1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
- Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
- Åke Wallenquist (1904 – 1994) was a Swedish astronomer
- Karl-Åke Asph (b. 1929), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
- Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (b. 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
- Lars-Åke Lagrell (b. 1940), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck (b. 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier
[edit] References
- ^ View Name: Åke. behindthename.com. Retrieved on 2007-12-19.
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