Anse

loc · Latin script

Meaning: an arc segment, from which an object is suspended

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

Anse is a name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Denmark than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • DKDenmark1 in 391K(measured from records)
  • FIFinland1 in 429K
  • SESweden1 in 1.1M

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Denmark (measured from records)

15 people

Sources
23 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 391K (inferred from the name graph)

Denmark

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

an arc segment, from which an object is suspended

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 5 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Anse counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Anse is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
DK Denmark151 in 391K15——
FI Finland131 in 429K56—1
SE Sweden91 in 1.1M9—3
NL Netherlands61 in 2.9M6—4
LV Latvia11 in 1.9M1——

15 people counted by Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); PMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Anse is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Canada

    Also written Anşe

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Egypt, Syria, Morocco

    Also written Anşe, Ãnsè, Añse

  • Danish given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Denmark

    Also written Anşe

  • Turkish given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Netherlands, Belgium, Syria

    Also written Anşe

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Anşe

31 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Anse is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, to be of an opinion, to think, to believe, to feel

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In English, A male given name, diminutive of various names.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Walloon, Ans (a municipality of Belgium)

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In sga, difficult, impossible

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Danish, to consider, regard

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 15 sources across 11 countries.

Official registers attesting Anse
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—56#4,840
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—50#5,460
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—15#6,149
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—13—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—9#36,617
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—6#30,678
LV LatviaPMLP — Personu vārdi (given names in population register)—1—
LV LatviaPMLP — Personvārdu meklētājs (per-name population-register lookup)—1#100,858

Reference works 1

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Anse mean, and where does it come from?
an arc segment, from which an object is suspended Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Anse have the most bearers?
In Denmark, the national register counted about 15 people named Anse, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Anse most common?
Anse is densest in Denmark, where the national register counts about 1 in 391 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Anse?
In Denmark, the national register counted 15 people named Anse, about 1 in 391 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anse”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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