Åke
Åke is a masculine Swedish given name, possibly derived from the medieval Germanic name Anicho, derived from ano meaning "ancestor". In Sweden, May 8 is the Name day for Åke. There are variant spellings, including the Danish/Norwegian Åge or Aage. Åke is uncommon as a surname. People with the name Åke include:
- Åke Åkerström, Swedish archaeologist and classical scholar
- Åke Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Andersson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Andersson, Swedish ice hockey player, footballer, bandy player, and coach
- Åke Andersson, Swedish long-distance runner
- Åke Andersson, Swedish speedway rider
- Åke Backström, Finnish diplomat
- Åke Bergman, Swedish swimmer
- Åke Bergqvist, Swedish Olympic sailor
- Åke Berntsson, Swedish rower
- Åke Bonnier, Swedish Bishop
- Åke Borg, Swedish swimmer
- Åke Call, Swedish sports shooter
- Åke Carlsson, Swedish wrestler
- Åke Claesson, Swedish actor
- Åke Dahlqvist, Swedish cinematographer
- Åke Edwardson, Swedish author of detective fiction, and a professor at Gothenburg University
- Åke Ekman, Finnish speed skater
- Åke Gerhard Ekstrand, Swedish chemist and public servant
- Åke Eliaeson, Swedish tennis player
- Åke Ericson, Swedish photojournalist and documentary photographer
- Åke Ericson, Swedish ice hockey player
- Åke Falck, Swedish film director
- Åke Fiskerstrand, Norwegian rower
- Åke Fjästad, Swedish footballer
- Åke Fridell, Swedish film actor
- Åke Gartz, Finnish politician
- Åke Gerhard, Swedish songwriter
- Åke Green, Swedish Pentecostal Christian pastor
- Åke Grönberg, Swedish actor
- Åke Grönhagen, Swedish pentathlete and fencer
- Åke Grönlund, Swedish table tennis player
- Åke Gustafsson, Swedish botanist and geneticist
- Åke Häger, Swedish Olympic gymnast
- Åke Hallgren, Swedish triple jumper
- Åke Hallman, Swedish footballer
- Åke Hammarskjöld, Swedish lawyer and diplomat
- Åke Hansson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Hansson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Hedberg, Swedish weightlifter
- Åke Hedvall, Swedish discus thrower
- Åke Hellman, Finnish centenarian, art professor and painter
- Åke Hodell, Swedish fighter pilot, poet, author, text-sound composer, and artist
- Åke Hök, Swedish Army officer and horse rider
- Åke Holmberg, Swedish writer and translator
- Åke Hultberg, Swedish equestrian
- Åke Jansson, Swedish long-distance runner
- Åke Jensen, Swedish actor and singer
- Åke Jönsson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Jonsson, Swedish diplomat
- Åke Jonsson, Swedish motocross racer
- Åke Johansson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Julin, Swedish water polo player
- Åke Karlsson, Finnish boxer
- Åke Kastlund, Swedish prelate
- Åke Kromnow, Swedish archivist
- Åke Larsson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Lassas, Swedish ice hockey player
- Åke Lindblom, Swedish sports shooter
- Åke Lindemalm, Swedish Navy officer
- Åke Lindman, Finnish director and actor
- Åke Lindström, Swedish actor and film director
- Åke Lundeberg, Swedish sport shooter
- Åke Lundqvist, Swedish actor
- Åke Mangård, Swedish Air Force major general
- Åke Nauman, Swedish Olympic water polo player
- Åke Nilsson, Swedish alpine skier
- Åke Nilsson, Swedish sprint canoeist
- Åke Nilsson, Swedish javelin thrower
- Åke Nilsson, Swedish golfer
- Åke Nordin, Swedish entrepreneur
- Åke Öberg, Swedish professor
- Åke Ödmark, Swedish high jumper
- Åke Ohberg, Swedish actor and film director
- Åke Ohlmarks, Swedish author, translator, and scholar
- Åke Olivestedt, Swedish cyclist
- Åke Olsson, Swedish chess player
- Åke Olsson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Ortmark, Swedish journalist, author and radio and television presenter
- Åke Parmerud, Swedish electroacoustic music composer
- Åke Persson, Swedish jazz trombonist
- Åke Pettersson, Finnish footballer
- Åke Pettersson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Pleijel, Swedish mathematician
- Åke Pousette, Swedish andrologist
- Åke Rakell, Swedish table tennis player
- Åke Rusck, Swedish businessman
- Åke Rydberg, Swedish ice hockey player and footballer
- Åke Sagrén, Swedish Army officer
- Åke Samuelsson, Swedish footballer
- Åke Sandgren, Swedish-Danish film director and screenwriter
- Åke Sandin, Swedish sprint canoer
- Åke Sellström, Swedish academic and arms specialist
- Åke Senning, Swedish cardiac surgeon
- Åke Seyffarth, Swedish speed skater
- Åke W. Sjöberg, Swedish Assyriologist
- Åke Sjölin, Swedish diplomat
- Åke Skyttevall, Swedish basketball player
- Åke Söderblom, Swedish actor, screenwriter, and songwriter
- Åke Söderlund, Swedish racewalking athlete
- Åke Stenborg, Swedish chess player
- Åke Stenqvist, Swedish sprinter and long jumper
- Åke V. Ström, Swedish theologian
- Åke Strömmer, Swedish sports journalist, radio presenter, and television host
- Åke Sundborg, Swedish geomorphologist and hydrologist
- Åke Svenson, Swedish middle-distance runner
- Åke Thelning, Swedish Olympic horse rider
- Åke Henriksson Tott, Swedish soldier and politician
- Åke Uddén, Swedish violist, composer, conductor, and music educator
- Åke Wallenquist, Swedish astronomer
- Åke Wärnström, Swedish boxer
- Åke Wihtol, Finnish lawyer and politician
- Karl-Åke Asph, Swedish Olympic cross country skier
- Bengt-Åke Gustafsson, retired Swedish ice hockey player, now head coach of the Swedish national ice hockey team
- Lars-Åke Lagrell, Swedish sports personality; President of the Swedish Football Association
- Sven-Åke Lundbäck, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier