ERNEST  

Gender: M
Origin: English from German
Meaning: "serious, resolute"

Popularity in 2008: #789

Too earnest.

Variations:
Earnest, Erny, Ern, Ernie

International Variations:
Erneszt, Ernö (Hungarian) Earnan (Irish) Estek (Polish) Arnesto, Necho, Ernesto, Ernestino, Ernio (Portuguese) Ernst (Swedish)

Ernest is being discussed in our message boards:

• Names in Your Child's Class/Daycare/Playgroup
• Best of British - some Telegraph birth announcements
• Names from about 1940
• Octuplets
• A brother or sister for little Jack or Olivia

Read Nameberry blog posts about Ernest:

• THE CLEMENTINE CLIQUE: Trendy names ending in 'ine'
• VINTAGE NAMES: 100-Year-Old Names That Sound New Again
• DAD NAMES: NOTEWORTHY NAMES OF SOME FAMOUS FATHERS
• GOODBYE, GLADYS?