Aarne may be a masculine given name and a surname. It is a Finnish and Estonian form of the given name Arne, a form of "Arnold". Notable people with the name include:

Surname

  • Antti Aarne (1867–1925), Finnish folklorist
  • Els Aarne (1917–1995), Estonian composer
  • Johan Victor Aarne (1863–1934), Finnish metalsmith

Given name

  • Aarne Ahi (born 1943), Estonian animator and animated film director
  • Aarne Arvonen (1897–2009), Finnish supercentenarian
  • Aarne Blick (1894–1964), Finnish lieutenant general
  • Aarne Castrén (1923–1997), Finnish sailor
  • Aarne Ermus (born 1966), Estonian Defense Force colonel
  • Aarne Ervi (1910–1977), Finnish architect
  • Aarne Haapakoski (1904–1961), Finnish pulp writer
  • Aarne Heikinheimo (1894–1938), Finnish major general
  • Aarne Hermlin (1940–2007), Estonian chess player
  • Aarne Honkavaara (1924–2016), Finnish ice hockey player and coach
  • Aarne Hytönen (1901–1972), Finnish architect
  • Aarne Juutilainen (1904–1976), Finnish army captain
  • Aarne Kainlauri (1915–2020), Finnish former steeplechaser
  • Aarne Kallberg (1891–1945), Finnish long-distance runner
  • Aarne Kalliala (born 1950), Finnish actor
  • Aarne Kauhanen (1909–1949), Finnish officer
  • Aarne Kauppinen (1889–1927), Finnish artisan, smallholder, and politician
  • Aarne Kreuzinger-Janik (born 1950), German Bundeswehr lieutenant general
  • Aarne Lakomaa (1914–2001), Finnish aircraft designer
  • Aarne Lindholm (1889–1972), Finnish long-distance runner
  • Aarne Lindroos (born 1960), Finnish rower
  • Aarne Ilmari Niemelä (1907–1975), Finnish chess player
  • Aarne Nirk (born 1987), Estonian hurdler
  • Aarne Nuorvala (1912–2013), Finnish official
  • Aarne Orjatsalo (1883–1941), Finnish actor, theater manager, writer, revolutionary and soldier
  • Aarne Pelkonen (1891–1949), Finnish gymnast, competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics
  • Aarne Penttinen (1918–1981), Finnish politician
  • Aarne Peussa (1900–1941), Finnish middle-distance runner
  • Aarne Pohjonen (1886–1938), Finnish gymnast, competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics
  • Aarne Pulkkinen (1915–1977), Finnish smallholder and politician
  • Aarne Rannamäe (1958–2016), Estonian journalist
  • Aarne Reini (1906–1974), Finnish wrestler and Olympic medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling
  • Aarne Roine (1893–1938), Finnish gymnast
  • Aarne Ruben (born 1971), Estonian writer
  • Aarne Saarinen (1913–2004), Finnish politician and trade union leader
  • Aarne Salovaara (1887–1945), Finnish gymnast and track and field athlete
  • Aarne Saluveer (born 1959), Estonian conductor and music pedagogue
  • Aarne Sihvo (1889–1963), Finnish general
  • Aarne Soro (born 1974), Estonian actor
  • Aarne Michaël Tallgren (1885–1945), Finnish archaeologist
  • Aarne Tarkas (1923–1976), Finnish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor
  • Aarne Üksküla (1937–2017), Estonian actor
  • Aarne Valkama (1909–1969), Finnish Nordic combined skier
  • Aarne Veedla (born 1963), Estonian historian and politician
  • Aarne Vehkonen (1927–2011), Finnish weightlifter
  • Aarne Viisimaa (1898–1989), Estonian operatic tenor and opera director
  • Aarne Wuorimaa (1892–1975), Finnish diplomat

Stage name

  • Aarne (producer) (born 2001), London-based Romanian-born music producer

See also

  • Aarne–Thompson classification system, to help folklorists identify recurring plot patterns in the narrative structures of traditional folktales
  • Arn (disambiguation)
  • Aarni (given name)
  • Aarno

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