Given name & surname
Arve
“from the eagle's tree”
Arve is a variant of Arvid. One interpretation is “from the eagle's tree.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Arve is a variant of Arvid. One interpretation is “from the eagle's tree.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Arve is a variant of Arvid. An origin associated with Arvid is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arve through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 10
- 10 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1925
- 5 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 5 in 1928. 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.
Arve’s family of names
Arve has a surname derivative in ARVESEN. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arve has a related form in Arvid. In Norwegian Nynorsk usage, Arve has a related form in Arved.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Arve
- Arve TellefsenNorwegian violinistborn 1936
- Arve OpsahlNorwegian actor (1921–2007)
- Arve IsdalNorwegian musicianborn 1977
- Arve SelandNorwegian association football playerborn 1963
- Arve HenriksenNorwegian jazz trumpeter, singer, and composer (born 1968)
- Arve LønnumNorwegian politician (1911–1988)
- Arve ArvesenNorwegian musician (1869-1951)
- Arve Staxrud1881–1933
- Arve HaugenNorwegian racing cyclist and speed skaterborn 1943
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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