Aarre

Created in the 19th century from aarre (“treasure”). Also, when pronounced without the glottal stop, an old pet form of rare names like Aaretti, related to German and Swedish Arnold, Arne.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːrːeˣ/, [ˈɑ̝ːrːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑːrːe
• Syllabification^(key): Aar‧re
• Hyphenation^(key): Aar‧re

Aarre

1. a male given name
   • 1991, Salme Aejmelaeus, Marraskuun vuokot, Karisto, →ISBN, page 71:

     Hanna ja Antti olivat saaneet vankan, terveen pojan, joka sai nimekseen Aarre. Ymmärsin hyvin nimen valinnan, sillä kuolleen esikoisen jälkeen tämä poika oli varmaan todellinen aarre.

     Hanna and Antti had given birth to a sturdy, healthy boy, who was named Aarre. I understood that name well, since after their dead firstborn, this boy must've seemed like a treasure.

   • 2014, Heidi Jaatinen, Kaksi viatonta päivää, Gummerus, →ISBN, page 49:

     ―Kun ihmisen nimi on Aarre, ei halua kutsuttavan itseään nimellään, Ake sanoi.
     ―Aarre on kiva nimi.
     ―Ei se ole. Mä olen Ake.
     ―Jos sä oot Ake, mä oon Sisse. Ake ja Sisse.

     ―When someone's called Aarre, I'm sure they don't want to get called that, Ake said.
     ―Aarre is a nice name.
     ―No it's not, My name's Ake.
     ―If you're Ake, I'm Sisse. Ake and Sisse.

Less common:

• Aarre is the 281^st most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 1,590 male individuals (and as a middle name to 3,850 more, making it more common as a middle name), and also belongs as a middle name to 5 female individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.