Given name & surname
Antje
“a graceful woman”
Antje is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Original GermanAnna
Meaning & origin
What it means
One German interpretation is “a graceful woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is German.
How it developed
In German usage, Antje is a diminutive of Anna.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Antje through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 0 boys · 18 girls
- Most popular year
- 1968
- 8 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 5 in 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1968. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 692 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Antje’s family of names
In German usage, Antje is a diminutive of Anna. Antje has a conventional equivalent in the Czech form Hana. Antje has a related form in Anna.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Antje
- Antje TraueGerman actressborn 1981
- Antjie KrogSouth African writer and academicborn 1952
- Antje JackelénSwedish theologist, Church of Sweden archbishop between June 2014 and October 2022born 1955
- Antje HarveyGerman biathleteborn 1967
- Antje BuschschulteGerman swimmerborn 1978
- Antje Möldner-SchmidtGerman middle distance runnerborn 1984
- Antje BoetiusGerman marine biologist and university teacher (born 1967)
- Antje FrankGerman rowerborn 1968
- Antje Rávik StrubelGerman writer (born 1974)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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