Given name & surname
Ane
“he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child)”·“a woman graced with God's favor”
In Norwegian use, Ane has a related form in Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).” Ane is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Ane has a related form in Anne. One Hebrew interpretation is “he (God) has favoured me (i.e. with a child).” Ane is a variant of Anna. One Latin interpretation is “a woman graced with God's favor.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Norwegian use, Ane has a related form in Anne. An origin associated with Anne is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
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
Ane through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 0 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 11 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 girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 682 as a first name in 2020; 170 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ane’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Ane shares an earlier linguistic root with Ana. Ane has a related form in Anna. In Basque usage, Ane has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Ana.
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Around the world
Ane has relatives in 13 languages.
8 related names in 13 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 10
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Anadoublet · Spanish, Portuguese
- Hannadoublet · Portuguese
- HanaCzech
- Anniborrowing · Greenlandic
- Aneaequivalent
- Aaniborrowing · Greenlandic
- Anesequivalent
- Anetequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Ane
- Ane BrunNorwegian singer-songwriterborn 1976
- Ane Dahl TorpNorwegian actressborn 1975
- Ane SantestebanSpanish cyclistborn 1990
- Ane Halsboe-JørgensenDanish politician (1983-)
- Ane GabarainSpanish-Basque actress (born 1963)
- Ane Stangeland HorpestadNorwegian footballerborn 1980
- Ane Appelkvist StensethNorwegian cross-country skierborn 1995
- Ane Marcelle dos SantosBrazilian archerborn 1994
- Ane RielDanish writerborn 1971
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