# Arne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “eagle” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,854 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,854 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 79, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## What it means

Arne is grouped under eagle.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 6 | 11,165 |
| 2009 | 6 | 11,109 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,421 |
| 2013 | 5 | 12,305 |
| 2014 | 8 | 8,846 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,231 |
| 2016 | 7 | 9,740 |
| 2017 | 6 | 10,889 |
| 2019 | 7 | 9,835 |
| 2020 | 7 | 9,646 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,228 |
| 2022 | 9 | 8,372 |
| 2023 | 9 | 8,313 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11,066 |
| 2025 | 7 | 9,794 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 4 | 2,501 |
| 2001 | 4 | 2,587 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,493 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Arne
- Finnish: Aarne, Aarno
- German: Arne, Arno
- Norwegian: Arne
- Swedish: Arne

## People named Arne

- Arne Friedrich, German association football player
- Arne Slot, Dutch football manager
- Arne Jacobsen, Danish architect and designer (1902–1971)
- Arne Duncan, American educator
- Arne Maier, German association football player
- Arne Engels, Belgian association football player
- Arne Gabius, German long-distance runner
- Arne Dankers, Canadian speed skater
- Arne Novák, Czech essayist, literature historian, literature reviewer, professor, publicist, writer, u
- Arne Nielsson, Danish canoer
- Arne Carlson, American politician
- Arne Weel, Danish actor and film director (1891–1975)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.