Auke, pron. �aukə is a quite common West Frisian masculine

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

. It seems to have been a

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form originally (''-ke'' is one of the most common diminutive suffices in West Frisian), which developed from the historic form Auwe or Auwen. According to

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Rienk de Haan, Auwe was a very reduced form of certain Germanic names, possibly starting with '' Alf-'' (meaning "elf", "supernatural" or "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

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final

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and adding a

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in its place (in this case ''-je''), resulting in Aukje. This is a very common feminine given name in

Friesland Friesland ( ; ; official ), historically and traditionally known as Frisia (), named after the Frisians, is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part. It is situated west of Groningen (p ...

.Rienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 35. __NOTOC__

People named Auke

Notable people with the name Auke include: *

Auke Adema Auke Adema (4 October 1907 – 31 March 1976) was a Dutch skater. He won the Elfstedentocht, the world's largest speed skating competition twice. In the sixth race in 1940 he controversially shared the victory with , , and . In Dokkum Dokkum ...

(1907–1976), a Dutch skater and winner of the Elfstedentocht *

Auke Bloembergen Auke Reitze Bloembergen (28 August 1927 – 1 November 2016) was a Dutch jurist and legal scholar. He was a professor of civil law at Leiden University from 1965 to 1979. Bloembergen was a justice at the Supreme Court of the Netherlands from 1979 t ...

(born 1927), a Dutch jurist and legal scholar *

Auke Hulst Auke Anthony Hulst (born 20 May 1975) is a Dutch novelist, journalist and musician. Biography Hulst was raised in the hamlet of Denemarken (meaning: Denmark), in the north of the Netherlands. After a disorganized upbringing he studied audiovisual ...

(born 1975), a Dutch writer and musician *

Auke Stellingwerf Auke Andriesz Stellingwerf (1635, Harlingen, Dutch Republic – 13 June 1665, off Lowestoft, English Channel) was a Dutch admiral who served the Admiralty of Friesland and fought in various naval engagements. Life Stellingwerf was born in H ...

(1635–1665), a Dutch (Frisian) admiral *

Auke Tellegen Auke Tellegen (July 16, 1930 – March 11, 2024) was a Dutch-born American psychologist known for his contributions to personality psychology. He was a professor of psychology at the University of Minnesota from 1968 to 1999 where he helped dev ...

, an American psychologist *

Auke Zijlstra Auke Zijlstra (born 1 November 1964) is a Dutch politician. He has been a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Party for Freedom (PVV) since July 2024. He previously served on the body from 13 September 2011 to 1 July 2014 and once mor ...

(born 1964), a Dutch politician

People named Aukje

Notable people with the name Aukje include: *

Aukje de Vries Auke, pron. �aukə is a quite common West Frisian masculine given name. It seems to have been a diminutive form originally (''-ke'' is one of the most common diminutive suffices in West Frisian), which developed from the historic form Auwe or Auw ...

(born 1964), a Dutch (Frisian) politician

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People named Auke

People named Aukje

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