Given name & surname
Ute
“wielding a spear of the elves”·“fortunate maid of battle”·“poem”
In German use, Ute has a related form in Oda. One German interpretation is “wielding a spear of the elves.” Ute is a variant of Uta. Interpretations include “fortunate maid of battle” and “poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
In German use, Ute has a related form in Oda. One German interpretation is “wielding a spear of the elves.” Ute is a variant of Uta. Interpretations include “fortunate maid of battle” and “poem”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Germanic.
How it developed
Ute is a feminine form of Udo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1960. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ute through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30
- 0 boys · 30 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 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 6 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,707 as a first name in 2020; 100 as a surname in 2010.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ute’s family of names
Ute is a feminine form of Udo. In German usage, Ute has a related form in Uta. In German usage, Ute has a related form in Uta.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Ute has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ute
- Ute LemperGerman singer and actress (born 1963)
- Ute BockAustrian educator and humanitarian (1942–2018)
- Ute GewenigerEast German swimmerborn 1964
- Ute HommolaEast German javelin throwerborn 1952
- Ute SteindorfEast German rowerborn 1957
- Ute RühroldEast German lugerborn 1954
- Ute ThimmGerman sprinterborn 1958
- Ute SchellEast German rowerborn 1966
- Ute WildEast German rowerborn 1965
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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