Antje is a female name. It is a
Low German
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and
Dutch diminutive
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form of
Anna
Anna may refer to:
People Surname and given name
* Anna (name)
Mononym
* Anna the Prophetess, in the Gospel of Luke
* Anna of East Anglia, King (died c.654)
* Anna (wife of Artabasdos) (fl. 715–773)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I) (9th–10th c ...
. Once a very common name in the northern part of the Netherlands, its popularity has steadily declined since 1900.
Antje
at the Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam
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database of given names in the Netherlands.
People
* Antje "Nina" Baanders-Kessler (1915–2002), Dutch sculptor and medalist
* Antje Blumenthal (born 1947), German politician, member of the Christian Democratic Union
* Antje Boetius (born 1967), German marine biologist
* Antje Buschschulte (born 1978), German swimmer
* Antje Duvekot (born 1976), singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts
* Antje Danielson (born 1957), German-born American geochemist, co-founder of Zipcar
* Antje Frank (born 1968), German rower
* (1951–1993), German television presenter
* Antje Gleichfeld (born 1938), German middle-distance runner who specialized in the 800 metres
* Antje Harvey (born 1967), German cross country skier and biathlete
* Antje Huber (1924–2015), German Minister for Youth, Family and Health
* Antje Jackelén (born 1955), Swedish Lutheran Archbishop of Uppsala
* Antje-Katrin Kühnemann (born 1945), German medical doctor and TV presenter of health related programs
* Antje Angela Malestein (born 1993), Dutch handball player
* Antje Geertje "Ans" Markus (born 1947), Dutch painter
* Antje Möldner-Schmidt (born 1984), German middle-distance runner
* Antje Nikola Mönning (born 1978), German actress
* Antje Paarlberg (1808–1885), Dutch emigrant to the United States, inspiration for the novel "So Big"
* Antje Elisabeth "Anne" van Schuppen (born 1960), Dutch long-distance runner
* Antje Stille (born 1961), East German swimmer
* Antje Rávic Strubel (born 1974), German writer
* Antje Töpfer (born 1968), German Green Party politician
*Antje Traue
Antje Traue (; born 18 January 1981) is a German actress. She started performing in plays as a sixteen-year-old in 1997, made her first screen appearance in the 2000 German film ''Verlorene Kinder'', and appeared in her first English-language ro ...
(born 1981), German actress
*Antje Vollmer
Antje Vollmer (; 31 May 194315 March 2023) was a German Protestant theologian, academic teacher and politician of the Alliance 90/The Greens. She became a member of the Bundestag in 1983 when the Greens first entered the West German parliament, ...
(1943–2023),
Fictional
* Frau Antje, fictional Dutch character used in the advertising of Dutch cheese in Germany
See also
*
* Annie, an alternative diminutive of Anna
References
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German feminine given names