Beekeeping
Imke is a female given name of Frisian origin. The male form is Imko . In the Dutch province of Friesland it is also used as a male first name.
The name Imke is the short form of various Germanic names that begin with Irm- , e.g. B. Irmgard , Irmtraud , Irmhild and Irmlinde . The meaning is then also derived from these names. In addition, the name also makes the homophony to Imke , "the honey bee " (see beekeeper ) in the secondary meaning "the hardworking", "busy" (this to ant ) popular. Imke also means “the big one” (from “Irm”, meaning “big”).
Name bearers
- Imke Brügger (* 1967), German actress
- Imke Duplitzer (* 1975), German sword fencer
- Imke Heymann (* 1973), Mayor of Ennepetal
- Imke Onnen (* 1994), German high jumper
- Imke Rust (* 1975), artist from Namibia and former curator of the National Art Gallery of Namibia
- Imke Sönnichsen (* 1970), German illustrator
- Imke Wübbenhorst (* 1988), German soccer player
Individual evidence
- ^ Bertelsmann - The large lexicon of first names . Verlag Wissen Media, Munich, 2008; ISBN 978-3-577-07694-4 ; P. 75. Google Books .