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Ernest

male

Meaning

"Serious; Earnest"

Ernest is a Germanic virtue name meaning serious or earnest, reinforced by later English moral and literary usage.

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Popularity History of Ernest

Full SSA rank history from 1880 to 2024

#1083Ranked in 2024

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#1083

Ernest was nationally ranked in 2024.

Change Vs Previous Year
-53

lower than 2023

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, latest release 2024. Names used fewer than 5 times in a given year are not ranked.

Ernest Nicknames

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Baby Name Lists That Include Ernest

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Famous Ernests

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    Ernest Hemingway
    American novelist and Nobel Prize laureate, author of The Old Man and the Sea
  • E
    Ernest Shackleton
    Irish-British Antarctic explorer

Quick Facts

OriginGermanic
Syllables2
Length6 letters

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