Frauke
Frauke is a female given name .
Origin and meaning
The name is Low German - of Frisian origin and means "little woman ", related to althdt. "Frouwa" = woman, mistress or mistress. The diminutive - suffix -ke corresponds to High German -chen .
Frauke has also been understood as the short form of Veronika , although the origin of the name is different. This explains the two name days for Frauke, which are actually the ones for Veronika.
name day
Name days are February 4th and July 9th .
distribution
The first name Frauke is particularly popular in northern Germany ; in the south, with the exception of parts of southwestern Germany, it is rarely found.
Well-known namesake
- Frauke Beeck (* 1960), German visual artist
- Frauke Dirickx (* 1980), Belgian volleyball player
- Frauke Eickhoff (* 1967), German judoka and world champion
- Frauke Eigen (* 1969), German photographer and artist
- Frauke Finsterwalder (* 1975), German film director and screenwriter
- Frauke Geyken (* 1963), German historian and publicist
- Frauke von der Haar (* 1960), German folklorist, art historian and museum director
- Frauke Heiligenstadt (* 1966), German politician (SPD), member of the Lower Saxony state parliament
- Frauke Kuhlmann (* 1966), German soccer player
- Frauke Ludowig (* 1964), German radio and television presenter
- Frauke Martin (* 1944), German politician (SPD)
- Frauke Nahrgang (* 1951), German children's book author
- Frauke Petry (* 1975), German politician (formerly AfD)
- Frauke Poolman (* 1961), German-Dutch actress, dubbing and radio broadcaster
- Frauke Roenneke (* 1998), German soccer player
- Frauke Sandig (* 1961), German director and producer of documentaries
- Frauke Scheunemann (* 1969), German lawyer, journalist and writer
- Frauke Schmitt Gran (* 1969), former German orienteer
- Frauke Stein (* 1936), German prehistorian and medieval archaeologist
- Frauke Tengler (* 1948), German politician (CDU)
- Frauke Wilken (* 1965), German artist (sculpture, photography, drawing)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lutz Mackensen : 3876 first names. Origin, derivatives and pet forms, distribution, famous namesake, memorial and name days , 5th edition, Südwest, Munich 1983, p. 244.
- ↑ State statistical offices of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate