Given name & surname · also Old Norse
Göte
Göte is a masculine given name from Old Norse, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Swedish.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Göte comes from Old Norse, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Old Norse Gauti, from Proto-Germanic *gautaz.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Göte’s family of names
In Swedish usage, Göte shares a linguistic root with the Norwegian Nynorsk form Gaute.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Göte
- Göte HagströmSwedish steeplechaser (1918–2014)
- Göte TuressonSwedish botanist (1892-1970)
- Göte AlmqvistSwedish ice hockey player1921–1994
- Göte WälitaloOlympic ice hockey playerborn 1956
- Göte BlomqvistSwedish ice hockey player1928–2003
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Göte, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Godhere
“god” · “army”
>99% boys
Gosende
“good”
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Gange
“circulating, common”
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Gozberht
“Geat” · “bright”
>99% boys
Golmar
“power, authority”
—
Godmund
“god” · “protection, protector”
>99% boys
Gozpald
“Geat” · “bold”
>99% boys
Gozbald
“Geat” · “bold”
>99% boys