Ake

Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:
Åke Bergqvist (1900–1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
Åke Borg (1901–1973), Swedish swimmer
Åke Edwardson (born 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
Åke Fridell (1919–1985), Swedish film actor
Åke Green (born 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
Åke Gustafsson (1908–1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
Åke Häger (1897–1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
Åke Hedvall (1910–1969), Swedish discus thrower
Åke Hellman (born 1915), Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter
Åke Hellman (born 1940), Swedish accordioner
Åke Hodell (1919–2000), Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
Ake Jonsson (b. ?), Swedish motocross racer.
Åke Lindman (formerly Åke Järvinen) (1928–2009), Finnish director and actor
Åke Lundqvist (born 1936), Swedish actor
Åke Nauman (1908–1995), Swedish Olympic water polo player
Åke Parmerud (born 1953), Swedish electroacoustic music composer
Åke Pleijel (1913–1989), Swedish mathematician
Åke Rusck (1912–1977), Swedish businessman
Åke Seyffarth (1919–1998), Swedish speed skater
Åke Sundborg (1921–2007), Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist
Åke Thelning (1892–1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
Åke Wallenquist (1904–1994), Swedish astronomer
Karl-Åke Asph (born 1939), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (born 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
Lars-Åke Lagrell (born 1940), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
Sven-Åke Lundbäck (born 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

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Norwegian name: ancestor.

Aage, Åge

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Åke Cato	1934	Swedish writer
2	Claude Ake	1939	Political scientist
3	Åke Edwardson	1953	Swedish author
4	Åke Green	1941	Swedish clergy
5	Åke Ortmark	1929	Swedish journalist
6	Åke Arenhill	1920	Swedish painter
7	Åke Wilhelmsson	1933	Swedish journalist
8	Åke Senning	1915	Swedish surgeon
9	Emmanuel Ake	1980	Association football player
10	Åke Fridell	1919	Actor
11	Åke Ohlmarks	1911	Swedish writer and academic
12	Åke Nordin	1936
13	Åke Unger	1963
14	Åke Svanstedt	1958
15	Åke Natt och Dag	1899
16	Åke Sellström	1948	Weapons expert
17	Åke Henriksson Tott	1598	Swedish Field Marshal and Noble
18	Åke Lindman	1928	Finnish actor, director and football player
19	Åke Söderqvist	1933
20	Åke Bylund	1948
21	Åke Lagergren	1929	Swedish actor
22	Åke Fagerlund	1904	Swedish pianist (1904-1972)
23	Åke Göransson	1902	Swedish artist
24	Åke Brolin	1941	Swedish journalist
25	Åke Sandgren	1955	Swedish film director
26	Åke Jonsson	1942	Swedish motorcycle racer
27	Åke Grönberg	1914	Actor
28	Åke Wihlney	1932
29	Åke Hodell	1919	Fighter pilot, poet, author, composer, and artist
30	John Ake	1861	Major League Baseball player
31	Åke Parmerud	1953	Swedish composer
32	Wilson Asinobi Ake	1955	Nigerian Senate member
33	Åke Sundqvist	1953
34	Åke Seyffarth	1919	Swedish cyclist and Olympic speed skater
35	Åke Daun	1936	Swedish ethnologist
36	Åke Hammarskjöld	1893	Swedish lawyer and diplomat
37	Åke Wassing	1919	Swedish writer
38	Åke Engfeldt	1913	Swedish actor
39	Åke Bonnier	1957	Swedish bishop
40	Åke Larson	1936
41	Åke Öberg	1937	Swedish professor of biomedical engineering
42	Åke Hantoft	1952
43	H. Ross Ake	1878	Banker, state treasurer state senator
44	Åke Zetterberg	1908	Swedish politician
45	Åke Pleijel	1913	Swedish mathematician
46	Åke Lundgren	1951	Swedish writer
47	Åke Hultkrantz	1920	Swedish university teacher (1920-2006)
48	Åke Thelning	1892	Equestrian
49	Åke Borg	1901	Swimmer
50	Åke Holm	1900	Artist
51	Åke Blomqvist	1925	Finnish actor and dance teacher
52	Åke Harnesk	1926	Swedish actor
53	Åke Jörnfalk	1932	Swedish actor
54	Åke W. Sjöberg	1924	Swedish Assyriologist
55	Åke Larsén	1943
56	Åke Gustafsson	1908	Swedish botanist
57	Åke Söderblom	1910	Swedish screenwriter, writer and lyricist
58	Åke Bergqvist	1900	Sailor
59	Ake Lianga	1975	Solomon Islands artist
60	Åke Pilotti	1941
61	Åke Hansson	1927	Footballer
62	Åke Grönhagen	1885	Fencer, modern pentathlete
63	Åke Dahlqvist	1901	Swedish cinematographer (1901-1991)
64	Åke Claesson	1889	Actor
65	Åke Jensen		Swedish actor
66	Åke Falck	1925	Film director
67	Åke Lassas	1924	Ice hockey player for Sweden at 1952 Winter Olympics
68	Åke Ohberg	1905	Actor, Film director
69	Åke Rusck	1912	Swedish businessman
70	Åke Nyqvist	1924	Swedish jurist
71	Åke Wallenquist	1904	Swedish astronomer
72	Åke J Ek	1925
73	Åke Ericson	1962	Swedish photojournalist
74	Åke Lindqvist	1923
75	Åke Lindström	1928	Actor
76	Åke Holmquist	1943
77	Teruko-naishinnō	1634	Daughter of emperor Go-Mizunoo
78	Åke Runnquist	1919	Swedish publisher and literary critic
79	Åke Karlsson	1911	Finnish boxer
80	Åke Holmbäck	1889	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
81	Åke E. Lindqvist	1914	Swedish architect
82	Åke Askner	1906	Swedish actor
83	Åke Hök	1889	Equestrian
84	Åke Gustavsson	1943	Swedish politician
85	Åke Sundborg	1921
86	Åke Pallarp	1933	Swedish painter
87	Åke Strömmer	1936	Swedish television host
88	Åke Modig	1945
89	Åke Hylén	1928	Swedish photographer and actor
90	Åke Sagrén	1935
91	Åke Eldsäter	1943
92	Åke Gartz	1888	Finnish politician and businessman
93	Åke Stenqvist	1914	Swedish handball player and athletics competitor
94	Åke Häger	1897	Gymnast
95	Åke Munthe	1859
96	Åke Sandin	1944	Swedish canoeist
97	Åke Åkerström	1902	Swedish archaeologist
98	Åke Danielson	1956	Swedish musician
99	Åke Ödmark	1916	Swedish high jumper
100	Åke Uddén	1903	Swedish musician
101	Åke Fjästad	1887	Swedish footballers
102	Ake Hjalmarsson	1922	Swedish association football player
103	Åke Jelving	1908
104	Åke Zetterström	1964
105	Åke Gerhard	1921	Swedish songwriter
106	Åke Larsson	1931	Footballer
107	Åke Gerhard Ekstrand	1846	Swedish chemist
108	Åke Olivestedt	1924	Cyclist
109	Åke Lindsten	1921
110	Åke Wedin	1936	Swedish writer
111	Åke Dohlin	1921
112	Åke Lundqvist	1932
113	Åke Muwanga	1981	Swedish handball player
114	Åke Skiöld	1917
115	Åke Söderberg	1951
116	Åke Lindblom	1919
117	Åke Hedtjärn	1907
118	Åke Nauman	1908	Swedish water polo player
119	Åke Samuelsson	1953
120	Åke Blomström	1931	Swedish journalist
121	Åke Söderlund	1925	Swedish male racewalker
122	Åke E:son Lindman	1953	Swedish photographer
123	Åke Starck	1920	Swedish actor
124	Åke Malm	1936	Swedish writer and journalist
125	Åke Svenson	1953
126	Åke Yrjänänpoika Tott
127	Åke Temnerud	1929	Swedish architect
128	Åke Uppström	1909	Swedish actor
129	Åke Axelsson	1931	Swedish writer
130	Åke Wästersjö	1915	Swedish actor
131	Åge Axelsen Thott
132	Åke Mokvist	1944	Swedish writer, journalist and photographer
133	Åke Lindemalm	1910
134	Åke Rålamb	1651	Swedish writer
135	Åke Lagerborg	1927
136	Åke W. Edfeldt	1926	Swedish writer
137	Åke Hallgren	1918	Swedish athletics competitor
138	Åke Berg	1946	Norwegian painter
139	Åke Bonnier the Elder	1886
140	Åke Thulstrup	1904	Swedish journalist
141	°Ake Mattas	1920	Finnish painter
142	Åke Sjölin	1910
143	Åke Eriksson	1924	Swedish writer
144	Åke Holmberg	1919	Swedish civil engineer (1919-2001)
145	Åke Bergman	1932	Swedish artist
146	Åke Rosenius	1965
147	Åke Thornblad	1929
148	Åke Hellman	1940
149	Åke Julin	1919	Swedish water polo player
150	Åke Hermanson	1923
151	Åke Hallman	1912	Swedish association football player
152	Åke Hedvall	1910
153	Åke Berntsson	1934	Swedish rower
154	Åke Andersson	1940	Swedish rally driver
155	Åke Josephson	1919
156	Åke Forsell	1932
157	Åke Sundén	1915
158	Åke Norling	1924
159	Åke Wihtol	1924
160	Åke Rangnar Wide	1921	Swedish graphic artist and artist
161	Åke Jönsson	1936
162	Åke Wredén	1949	Swedish journalist
163	Åke Malmström	1905
164	Åke Vrethem	1912
165	Åke Hyenstrand	1939
166	Åke Granholm	1926
167	Åke Isling	1918
168	Åke E. Andersson	1936	Swedish economist
169	Åke Smedberg	1948	Swedish writer
170	Ahe Åkerlund	1887	Swedish physician
171	Åke Olofsson	1941
172	Åke Pernby	1902	Swedish artist
173	Åke Ulfsparre	1597
174	Åke Hall	1907
175	Åke Campbell	1891
176	Åke Östblom	1935
177	Åke Persson	1934
178	Åke Magnusson	1918
179	Åke Bergström	1930	Swedish bandy player
180	Åke Söhr	1921
181	Åke Brandes	1913	Swedish percussionist (1913-1988)
182	Åke Brodin	1902	Swedish actor
183	Åke Forsberg	1925	Finnish association football player
184	Åke Stenborg	1926
185	Åke Lilljebjörn	1962	Swedish ice hockey player
186	Åke Améen	1899	Swedish writer
187	Åke Löfgren	1915
188	Åke Pettersson	1926	Finnish association football player
189	Åke Sandberg	1944	Swedish professor
190	Åke Dagnevik	1948
191	Åke Huldt	1910	Swedish architect
192	Åke Engerstedt	1912
193	Åke Johansson	1909
194	Åke Andrén	1917
195	Åke Sandström	1940	Swedish politician
196	Åke Norman	1962	Swedish ski jumper
197	Åke Wahren	1893
198	Åke Wiberg	1902	Politician and Member of the parliament of Sweden
199	Åke Wallgren	1873	Swedish actor
200	Åke Malmfors	1918	Swedish conductor