Name
ERNEST

Name ERNEST

Between 1880 and 2022 there were 378,648 births of Ernest in the countries below, which represents an average of 2,667 births of children bearing the first name Ernest per year on average throughout this period.
On the last available year for each country, we count 741 births.

Other languages  :  
En Français Prénom Ernest   
In Italiano Nome Ernest   


Information about the first name Ernest

We celebrate Ernest on November 7th
The first name Ernest is listed in our categories :The first name Ernest has been assigned to:
99.91% to boys
0.09% to girls
The country where the first name Ernest is the most common is:
US United State of America
This first name is on trend: Male
This first name has 6 letters including 2 vowels and 4 consonants

Anagrams of the first name Ernest

An anagram is a word that contains the same letters of another word. Here is the list of first names which are an anagram of Ernest : Nester, Sreten, Steren

Ernest in Japanese *

Romajiaanesuto
Katakanaアーネスト
Hiraganaあーねすと
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Ernest in Japanese
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Ernest in sign language

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Ernest in binary language

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Origin and meaning of name Ernest

US English
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.
Anagrams src :
  • Enters, Senter, enters, entres, nester, renest, rentes, resent, sterne, strene, tenser, treens
Anagrams src :
  • Enters, Senter, enters, entres, nester, renest, rentes, resent, sterne, strene, tenser, treens
Noun src :
Pronunciation src :
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/
  • Homophones: Earnest, earnest
Proper noun src :
  • Ernest
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages; popular in the 19th century.
  • A surname.
Proper noun (Related terms) src :
  • pet form: Ernie
  • female given name: Ernestine
FR French
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from German Ernst.
Anagrams src :
  • entres, entrés
  • rentes, rentés
  • sterne
  • ternes
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ɛʁ.nɛst/
Proper noun src :
  • Ernest m
  • a male given name
Slovak
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛrnɛst/
Proper noun src :
  • Ernest m anim (genitive singular Ernesta, nominative plural Ernestovia, declension pattern of chlap)
  • a male given name
Proper noun (Derived terms) src :
  • Ernestko
  • Erno
  • Ero, Erko
  • Erino, Erinko
Polish
Etymology src :
  • Borrowed from German Ernst, from Middle High German ernest, from Old High German ernust, from Proto-Germanic *ernustuz.
Pronunciation src :
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛr.nɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnɛst
  • Syllabification: Er‧nest
Proper noun src :
  • Ernest m pers (diminutive Erneścik, feminine Ernestyna)
  • a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest
 

Popularity of the name Ernest

Number of ERNEST births per year

Popularity of the name Ernest
Popularity of the name Ernest

Total births of Ernest by country

Births with the first name Ernest
Country
Boys
Girls
USUnited State of America
1880 - 2022
299,472
232
FRFrance
1900 - 2022
54,069
110
ONOntario
1913 - 2019
8,713
0
NZNew Zealand
1900 - 2022
5,613
0
PLPoland
2000 - 2022
3,556
0
BCBritish Columbia
1919 - 2022
1,986
0
GBUnited Kingdom
1996 - 2021
1,832
0
CHSwitzerland
1909 - 2021
794
0
CZCzechoslovakia
1900 - 2016
623
0
BEBelgium
1995 - 2022
564
0
QCQuebec
1980 - 2022
177
0
ABAlberta
1980 - 2022
169
1
AUAustralia
1930 - 2022
156
0
IEIreland
1964 - 2022
144
0
DEGermany
2000 - 2022
108
2
ITItaly
1999 - 2021
109
0
BRBrazil
1930 - 2022
80
0
ATAustria
1984 - 2021
43
0
DKDenmark
1985 - 2022
27
0
ARArgentina
1922 - 2015
21
0
SESweden
1998 - 2022
21
0
SISlovenia
1992 - 2022
10
0
SKSlovakia
2011 - 2022
10
0
CLChili
2010 - 2021
5
0
PTPortugal
2014 - 2022
1
0
Popularity of the name Ernest

Total births of Ernest by country (last available year)

Births with the first name Ernest
Country
Boys
Girls
FRFrance
2022
237
0
GBUnited Kingdom
2021
153
0
USUnited State of America
2022
126
0
PLPoland
2022
116
0
BEBelgium
2022
46
0
DEGermany
2022
14
1
CHSwitzerland
2021
10
0
QCQuebec
2022
8
0
ABAlberta
2022
7
0
ITItaly
2021
7
0
BCBritish Columbia
2022
6
0
CZCzechoslovakia
2016
6
0
SESweden
2022
2
0
CLChili
2021
1
0
DKDenmark
2022
1
0

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Personalities with the first name Ernest

There are 548 personalities with the first name Ernest

Ernest Hemingway src

United states of america
Journalist Novelist Prosaist Short story writer Screenwriter Writer Poet War correspondent Playwright

Ernest Rutherford src

New zealand
Politician Professor Physicist Chemist University teacher Nuclear physicist

John Steinbeck (Jeffery Ernest Steinbeck) src

United states of america
Screenwriter Writer War correspondent Novelist

George V (Prince George Frederick Ernest Albert Of Wales) src

United kingdom British india
Politician Philatelist Postage stamp designer

Ernest Orlando Lawrence src

United states of america
Physicist University teacher Nuclear physicist

Ernest Renan (Joseph Ernest Renan) src

France
Professor Writer Historian Theologian Orientalist Archaeologist Literary critic Philologist Philosopher

Ernest Walton (Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton) src

Republic of ireland Irish free state United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Physicist University teacher

Ernest Borgnine (Ermes Effron Borgnino) src

United states of america
Actor Military officer Character actor Stage actor Voice actor Television actor Film actor

Eric Hobsbawm src

United kingdom
Music journalist Writer Historian University teacher Economic historian Social historian

Ernest Shackleton src

United kingdom of great britain and ireland
Military officer Explorer Polar explorer Traveler


There are more than 10 personalities with the first name Ernest
Full list of personalities with the first name Ernest

Film Actors and Actresses with the first name Ernest

There are 651 actors and actresses with the first name Ernest
Ernest Lorek
Ernest Pierce
Ernest Dancy
Ernest Anemone
Ernest Heinz
Ernest Villegas
Ernest Eyth
Ernest Rogers Sr.
Ernest Holm Svendsen
Ernest Rister
Ernest Hausmann
Ernest O'donnell
Ernest Miller
Ernest Johnson
Ernest Brown
Ernest Greene
Ernest Harden Jr.
Ernest Thomas
Ernest Thompson
Ernest Abuba
Ernest Harada
Ernest Mothle
Ernest Slutchuk
Ernest Downing
Ernest Steinberg
Ernest R. Clark
Ernest Misko
Ernest Bryll
Ernest Fennemore
Ernest Severn

There are more than 30 actors and actresses with the first name Ernest
The full list of actors and actresses with the first name Ernest

Rankings of first name ERNEST by country

Country ranking (boys)
RankCountryYear
#128PL Poland2022
#239BE Belgium2022
#259FR France2022
#261CZ Czechoslovakia2016
#307GB United Kingdom2021
#527QC Quebec2022
#576AB Alberta2022
#603BC British Columbia2022
#770CH Switzerland2021
#1101IT Italy2021
#1161US United State of America2022
#2017DE Germany2022
#2188SE Sweden2022
#2513DK Denmark2022
#5228CL Chili2021
Country ranking (girls)
RankCountryYear
#11895DE Germany2022
Other boys' names around Ernest
ERNCIOERNEERNEADERNEIERNELERNELIOERNEOERNERTOERNESERNESON ERNEST ERNESTAERNESTANTONIOERNESTASERNESTEERNESTINERNESTINOERNESTOERNESTOGABRIELEERNESTOMARIAERNESTONEL

Other girls' names around Ernest
ERNELLAERNELLIERNELLYERNENEKERNENSONERNERTINAERNESAERNESHAERNESINAERNESSA ERNEST ERNESTAERNESTARERNESTEERNESTEENERNESTENEERNESTHINAERNESTINAERNESTÍNAERNESTINEERNESTĪNE

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