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Name Arne
Type Surname (from given name)
Pronounced Pron. /aɹn/(English) /aɹn-e/(Norwegian, Swedish) /arn-nɜr/(German)
Other Forms FormsArn, Arm, An
Edit Status Statusnot set

Meaning & History

English (northern) Swedish and German: From the (medieval) personal name Arne a short form of Arnold or in Scandinavia any of the many other Norse names of which arn ‘eagle’ is the first element for example Arnbjörn Arnfinn and Arnsten.

English: habitational name from Arne a place in Dorset which is most probably named with Old English ærn ‘building house’.

Norwegian: habitational name from the farmstead Arna in western Norway so named from a fjord name meaning ‘the streaming the fjord with the waves’.
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