Urte is a female
first name
First most commonly refers to:
* First, the ordinal form of the number 1
First or 1st may also refer to:
Acronyms
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occurring mainly in
Germany
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.
Origin and meaning of the name
The origin and meaning of Urte is uncertain, but there are at least six theories:
* It comes from
Baltic
Baltic may refer to:
Peoples and languages
*Baltic languages, a subfamily of Indo-European languages, including Lithuanian, Latvian and extinct Old Prussian
*Balts (or Baltic peoples), ethnic groups speaking the Baltic languages and/or originatin ...
and means ''handy with a sword''
* It is a
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
form of
Ruth
Ruth (or its variants) may refer to:
Places France
* Château de Ruthie, castle in the commune of Aussurucq in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département of France
Switzerland
* Ruth, a hamlet in Cologny
United States
* Ruth, Alabama
* Ruth, Ark ...
* It is from the
Danish word for ''herbs''
* It is a modification of
Urd
* It is a Baltic short form of
Dorothea
* It is a short form of
Ortrud
Given names
*
Urte Blankenstein (Actress; see
:de:Urte Blankenstein and http://imdb.com/name/nm1779155/)
*
Urte Juodvalkyte (Lithuanian road cyclist)
*
Urte Kazakeviciute (Lithuania swimmer)
*
Urte Pautz (Author and academic; see https://www.amazon.ca/s?ie=UTF8&search-type=ss&index=books-ca&field-author=Urte%20Pautz&page=1)
*
Urte Sejûnaite (Actress; see https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1991570/)
Other instances
''Urte'' is also a
common noun
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. A noun may serve as an object or subject within a phrase, clause, or sentence.Example n ...
in
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
meaning "year":
*
Urte ilunak (Movie; see https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105705/)
*
25 Kantu Urte (Album of songs recorded in 1996 by the
Basque
Basque may refer to:
* Basques, an ethnic group of Spain and France
* Basque language, their language
Places
* Basque Country (greater region), the homeland of the Basque people with parts in both Spain and France
* Basque Country (autonomous co ...
group
Oskorri; see http://www.rambles.net/oskorri_25kantu96.html)
See also
* http://www.baby-vornamen.de/Maedchen/U/Ur/Urte/
Given names