Hauke, , is a fairly common
Frisian masculine
given name
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. According to
onomatologist Rienk de Haan, this name developed from a reduced form of
Germanic names starting with either ''
Habuk-'' (meaning "hawk") or with ''
Hug
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-'' (meaning "brain").
[Rienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 62.]
In the
West Frisian language
West Frisian (; ), or simply Frisian ( ; ), is a West Germanic language spoken mostly in the province of Friesland () in the north of the Netherlands, mostly by those of Frisians, Frisian ancestry. It is the most widely spoken of the Frisian ...
, masculine given names can usually be adapted to equivalent feminine given names. In the case of Hauke, this is accomplished by dropping the
voiceless
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final
syllable
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and adding a
diminutive
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suffix
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in its place (in this case ''-je''), resulting in Haukje. This is a reasonably common name in the
Dutch
Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
** Dutch people as an ethnic group ()
** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship ()
** Dutch language ()
* In specific terms, i ...
province of
Friesland
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,
though often spelled Houkje, as Hauke is often spelled Houke there.
[Rienk de Haan, ''Fryske Foarnammen'', Leeuwarden, 2002 (Friese Pers Boekerij), , p. 66.]
People with the name Hauke
Some notable people with this name are:
Given name
*
Hauke Fuhlbrügge
Hauke Fuhlbrügge (born 21 March 1966) is a German former middle-distance runner.
Biography
He won the bronze medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo over 1500 metres. He also won a silver medal at the 1989 World Indoor Champions ...
, former German runner
*
Hauke Harder, German composer and experimental physicist
* Hauke Harms, founding member of the German band
Girls Under Glass
Girls Under Glass (GUG) is a musical group from Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1986 by Thomas Lücke, Hauke Harms, and Volker "Zaphor" Zacharias. Described as "an indispensable part of the German wave and gothic scene", GUG began as a gothic rock b ...
*
Hauke Jagau, German politician
*
Hauke Wahl (born 1994), German footballer
;Fictional characters
* Hauke Haien, fictional character in Theodor Storm's novella ''
The Rider on the White Horse
''The Rider on the White Horse'' (German: ''Der Schimmelreiter'') is a Gothic fiction novella by German writer Theodor Storm. It is his last complete work, first published in 1888, the year of his death. The novella is Storm's best remembered and ...
''
Surname
* The German and later Polish
Hauke-Bosak family
**
Friedrich Karl Emanuel Hauke (1737–1810), German-Polish academic
**
Hans Moritz Hauke
Jan Maurycy Hauke (26 October 1775 – 29 November 1830) was a Polish general and professional soldier of the Hauke-Bosak family, Hauke family, which had Flemish and Saxon origins.
Life
Maurycy Hauke was the son of Fryderyk Karol Emanuel Hauke ( ...
(1775–1830), Polish general
**
Józef Hauke-Bosak
Count Józef Hauke-Bosak (19 March 1834 in Saint Petersburg – 21 January 1871) was a Polish general in the January Uprising, and commander of the Polish army in Lesser Poland, the closest collaborator of rebellion leader Romuald Traugutt. He ...
(1834–1871), Polish general
**
John Maurice Hauke
Jan Maurycy Hauke (26 October 1775 – 29 November 1830) was a Polish general and professional soldier of the Hauke family, which had Flemish and Saxon origins.
Life
Maurycy Hauke was the son of Fryderyk Karol Emanuel Hauke (1737–1810), a Ge ...
(1775–1830), Polish general
**
Julia Hauke
Julia, Princess of Battenberg, previously Countess Julia von Hauke and Countess of Battenberg (born Julia Therese Salomea Hauke; – 19 September 1895), was the wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine, the third son of Louis II, Grand D ...
(Julia, Princess of Battenberg, 1825–1895), daughter of John Maurice, wife of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
**
César Mange de Hauke
César Mange de Hauke (8 March 1900 – 15 June 1965), was a French art dealer. His name has also been spelled de Haucke and de Hawke.
Early life
Son of a Franco-Swiss engineer, Francis Mange (1856-1931), director of works for the Panama Cana ...
(1900–1965), controversial French art dealer
*
Franzisca Hauke
Franzisca Hauke (born 10 September 1989) is a German field hockey player. She represented her country at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2020 Summer Olympics. Her brother, Tobias Hauke plays also field hockey for the German national team.
Educ ...
(born 1989), German field hockey player
*
Frieda Hauke
Frieda Hauke (6 April 1890 – 15 August 1972) was a German politician. In 1919 she was one of the 36 women elected to the Weimar National Assembly, the first female parliamentarians in Germany. She remained a member of parliament until 1922.
Bi ...
(1890–1972), German politician
*
Gaby Hoffmann (songwriter)
Gaby Hoffmann ( Hauke; born in West Berlin, West Germany) is primarily known as songwriter under the pseudonym Deaffy and former manager for the heavy metal band Accept. She has also contributed cover art concepts, marketing ideas for the band a ...
(née Hauke), German musician
*
Max Hauke
Max Hauke (born 29 August 1992) is a cross-country skier from Austria. He competed for Austria at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the cross-country skiing events.
During the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2019, he was apprehended during a rai ...
(born 1992), Austrian cross-country skier
*
Richard L. Hauke Richard L. Hauke (1930-2017) was for many years a Professor of Botany at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston, Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island. He was considered one of the world's leading experts on the plants known as horsetails (''Equi ...
(1930–2001), American botanist
*
Tobias Hauke
Tobias Constantin Hauke (born 11 September 1987) is a German field hockey player who plays as a defender for Harvestehude.
In 2007, he completed his ''Abitur'' at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums in Hamburg. His sister, Franzisca Hauke plays ...
(born 1987), German field hockey player
See also
*
Auke (name)
References
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Frisian masculine given names
German masculine given names
Masculine given names
German-language surnames