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Åke (male)

Variants:Åge (M)
Derivative of:Acacius (M) Achatius (M)
Can be spelt:Ake (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

Scandinavian of uncertain origin.  Possiblities are Old German "ancestor" or Greek "agate" or "blameless".
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