Name: Ake
Gender: Male
Usage: Ake, of frisian origin, is not a popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Ake are in general originating from Germany, Netherlands, Norway, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Ake across the world, see Åke.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Ake is: Sword, Ancestors.
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Numerology of the first name Ake: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Ake is ranked on the 13,369th position of the most used names. It means that this name is rarely used.
We estimate that there are at least 17600 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.001% of the population. The name Ake has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
We do not have enough data to display the number of people who were given the name Ake for each year.
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History and Origin
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 or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:
- Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
- Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
- Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
- Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
- Åke Green (born 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) (born 1928), Finnish director and actor
- Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
- Åke Parmerud (born 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), Swedish astronomer
- Karl-Åke Asph (born 1929), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
- Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
- Lars-Åke Lagrell (born 1940), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier
Scandinavian: related to the medieval Germanic name Anicho (a derivative of the element ano ancestor, which is not common as a name element). It has also been associated with the Latin names Achatius or Acacius (from Greek words meaning ‘agate’ and ‘blameless’ respectively).
Variant: Danish: Åge.
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