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Ernest

female

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

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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
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    Ernest Shackleton
    Irish-British Antarctic explorer

Quick Facts

OriginGermanic
Syllables2
Length6 letters

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