Åke

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Åke


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gender = Male
meaning =from "ano", "ancestor"
region = Sweden
language = Swedish
origin = medieval Germanic
related names = Åge
name day = May 8 (Sweden)
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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". Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include: [cite web |url=http://www.behindthename.com/name/a17ke |title=View Name: Åke |publisher=behindthename.com |accessdate=2007-12-19]

* Åke Bergqvist (1900 - 1975), Swedish Olympic sailor
* Åke Borg (1901 – 1973), Swedish swimmer
* Åke Edwardson (b. 1953), Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
* Åke Fridell (1919 – 1985), Swedish film actor
* Åke Green (b. 1941), Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
* Åke Gustafsson (1908 - 1988), Swedish botanist and geneticist
* Åke Häger (1897 - 1968), Swedish Olympic gymnast
* 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) (b. 1928), Finnish director and actor
* Åke Nauman (1908 - ), Swedish Olympic water polo player
* Åke Parmerud (b. 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 Thelning (1892 - 1979), Swedish Olympic horse rider
* Åke Henriksson Tott (1598–1640), Swedish soldier and politician
* Åke Wallenquist (1904 – 1994) was a Swedish astronomer

* Karl-Åke Asph (b. 1929), Swedish Olympic cross country skier
* Bengt-Åke Gustafsson (b. 1958), retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
* Lars-Åke Lagrell (b. 1940), Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
* Sven-Åke Lundbäck (b. 1948), Swedish Olympic cross-country skier

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