Aarne

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