Ernst

German variation of Ernest

"serious, resolute"

Ernst Origin and Meaning

The name Ernst is a boy's name of German, Swedish origin.

Concise and clipped European version of the earnest Ernest.

Ernst Rank in US Top 1000

# 940 in the US

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Famous People Named Ernst

• Ernst Eduard Kummer German mathematician
• Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel German biologist
• Ernst Angel Australian poet & psychologist
• Ernst Werner von Siemens German entrepeneur
• Ernst Boris Chain German physiologist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Ernst Otto Fischer German chemist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• Ernst August Friedrich Ruska German physicist; winner of the Nobel Prize
• (Ernst) Ingmar Bergman Swedish director
• Ernst Haas German photographer
• Ernst Lubitsch German,American film director
• Ernst Kasimir Friedrich Karl Eberhard Count of Lippe,Biesterfeld
• Richard R. Ernst German chemist and Nobel laureate
• Alex Ernst Internet Comedian

The name Ernst in Pop Culture

• Ernst Stavro Blofeld supervillain the James Bond series
• Ernst Robel character from musical 'Spring Awakening'
• Ernst Volger character in the Leviathan series by Scott Westerfeld
• Ernst Robinson character in book/film "The Swiss Family Robinson"
• Ernst and Young professional accounting firm