Urte
Urte is a female given name .
Origin and meaning of the name
There are several theories about the origin and meaning of the first name Urte:
- comes from the Baltic States and means those familiar with the sword
- Basque form of Ruth (meaning: girlfriend, refreshment)
- Danish word: herbs
- Modification of Urd
- Baltic short form of Dorothea (meaning: God's gift)
- also as a short form of Ortrud
Well-known namesake
- Urte Blankenstein (* 1943), German actress
- Urte Lucht (* 1963), German harpsichordist and hammer pianist
- Urte Steinberg (* 1958), German politician and mayor of Pinneberg
Individual evidence
- ↑ THE GREAT FIRST NAME LEXICON, FA Brockhaus GmbH, Gütersloh / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-577-09057-5 , p. 204
- ↑ THE GREAT FIRST NAME LEXICON, FA Brockhaus GmbH, Gütersloh / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-577-09057-5 , p. 204
Web links
Wiktionary: Urte - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
