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25 famous people named Auke found on Wikipedia.
Used in: Frisian
Auke, pron. [ˈaukə], is a quite common West Frisian masculine given name. It seems to have been a diminutive foarm originally (-ke is one of the most common diminutive suffices in West Frisian), which developed from the historic form Auwe or Auwen. According to onomatologist Rienk de Haan, Auwe was a very reduced form of certain Germanic names, possibly starting with Alf- (meaning "supernatural" of "nature spirit").
In West Frisian, masculine given names can usually be adapted to equivalent feminine given names. In the case of Auke, this is accomplished by dropping the voiceless final syllable and adding a diminutive suffix in its place (in this case -je), resulting in Aukje. This is a very common feminine given name in Friesland.
Popularity | Name | Birth Year | Description |
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1 | Auke Kok | 1956 | Dutch journalist and writer |
2 | Auke Zijlstra | 1964 | Dutch politician |
3 | Auke Pattist | 1920 | Dutch criminal |
4 | Auke Tellegen | Personality psychologist | |
5 | Auke Reitze Bloembergen | 1927 | Dutch judge |
6 | Auke de Vries | 1937 | Dutch sculptor |
7 | Auke Adema | 1907 | Dutch speed skater |
8 | Auke Hulst | 1975 | Dutch musician and writer |
9 | Auke Stellingwerf | 1635 | Frisian admiral |
10 | Auke Beckeringh van Rhijn | 1920 | Dutch politician |
11 | Auke Lont | 1958 | Dutch businessman |
12 | Auke Jelsma | 1933 | Dutch writer, church historian and theologian |
13 | Auke Komter | 1904 | Dutch architect |
14 | Auke Bijlsma | 1946 | Dutch politician (1946-2012) |
15 | Auke van der Woud | 1947 | |
16 | Auke Sonnega | 1910 | Dutch artist |
17 | Auke Johannes Vleer | 1911 | Belgian politician |
18 | Auke Sybenga | 1920 | |
19 | Auke Herrema | 1956 | Cartoonist, translator, author |
20 | Auke Bruinsma | 1749 | Dutch architect |
21 | Auke Hettema | 1927 | Dutch sculptor |
22 | Auke de Boer | 1918 | |
23 | Auke van der Zweep | 1889 | Dutch draughtsperson (1889-1959) |
24 | Auke Busman | ||
25 | A. Bloembergen Ezn. | 1838 | Dutch politician |