Anke (first name)
Anke is a female given name .
origin
Anke is a Low German pet form for Anna and the Frisian variant of the first name Anne . They are similar to the Hebrew given name Hannah . While this first name was unusually constant between 1940 and 1975, it has become rare since the 1980s.
variants
- Anka
- Ancke
Name bearers
- Anke Behmer (* 1961), German athlete
- Anke Beilstein (* 1966), German politician
- Anke Berger (* 1965), German lawyer
- Anke Borchmann (* 1954), German rower
- Anke Brunn (* 1942), German politician
- Anke de Mondt (* 1979), Belgian basketball player
- Anke Doberauer (* 1962), German painter
- Anke Engelke ( Anke Fischer ) (* 1965), German comedian, actress, voice actress and presenter
- Anke Eymer (* 1949), German politician
- Anke Feller (* 1971), German athlete
- Anke Feuchtenberger (* 1963), German artist and cartoonist
- Anke Fuchs (1937–2019), German politician
- Anke Gebert (* 1960), German writer
- Anke Hachfeld ( Milù ) (* 1973), German singer
- Anke Hartmann (* 1980), German speed skater
- Anke Hartnagel (1942–2004), German politician
- Anke Heimes (* 1957), German politician
- Anke Heinig (* 1968), German table tennis player
- Anke Huber (* 1974), German tennis player
- Anke Johannsen (* 1981), German singer, pianist and songwriter
- Anke Karstens (* 1985), German snowboard athlete
- Anke Kortemeier (* 1975), German actress, presenter and voice actress
- Anke Kuhbier (1943–2018), German politician
- Anke Kühn (* 1981), German hockey player
- Anke Lutz ( Anke Koglin ) (* 1970), German chess player
- Anke Maggauer-Kirsche (* 1948), German poet
- Anke Martiny (1939–2016), German politician and author
- Anke Möhring (* 1969), German swimmer
- Anke Olschewski (* 1962), German table tennis player
- Anke Plättner (* 1963), German television journalist
- Anke Rähm (* 1976), German actress
- Anke Rehlinger (* 1976), German politician
- Anke Reitzenstein (* 1961), German actress and voice actress
- Anke Riefers (* 1940), German politician (SPD)