Auke


Gender:
Origin: Japanese
25 famous people named Auke found on Wikipedia.
Used in: Frisian

Meanings

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.

Famous People: 25 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
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