Given name
Aage
“representative of ancestors”
Aage is used as a given name. One interpretation is “representative of ancestors.”
Original Old NorseÁki
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “representative of ancestors.”
How it developed
In Danish usage, Aage developed from Áki.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aage through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7
- 7 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1915
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 7 in 1915. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aage’s family of names
In Danish usage, Aage developed from the Old Norse form Áki. Aage has a related form in Ake. Aage has a related form in Age.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aage has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Old Norse roots to each of them.
Old Norsewhere Aage comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aage
- Aage BohrDanish physicist (1922–2009)
- Aage BirchDanish sailor (1926–2017)
- Aage LarsenDanish rower (1923–2016)
- Aage Marius Hansengymnast1890–1980
- Aage Frandsengymnast (1890–1968)
- Aage WaltherDanish gymnast (1897-1961)
- Aage EriksenNorwegian wrestler (1917-1998)
- Aage Høy-PetersenDanish sailor (1898–1967)
- Aage DonsDanish writer (1903-1993)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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