Åke

Colors Related to this Name: Green

Qualities Related to this Name: Philosophical, Spiritual

Meaning

In Swedish

Origin: From Old Norse Áki, diminutive of Proto-Norse *ᚨᚾᚢᛉ ‎(anuR, “"ancestor"”)(as in the first part of the name Olaf). By folk etymology sometimes associated with Swedish åka ‎(“ride”), as in Åke-Tor, an epithet of the thunder god Thor. Formerly an eastern Danish name (in what is now southern Sweden) restricted to the gentry. Cognate with Danish and Norwegian Aage, Åge.

Meaning(s):

-( male name) popular in the twentieth century.

In Finnish

Meaning(s):

-Alfa Alfa (the letter "Å" in the Finnish spelling system similar to ICAO spelling alphabet).