Ernest

English from German

"serious, resolute"

Ernest Origin and Meaning

Variation of Ernesto

Ernest Rank in US Top 1000

# 978 in the US

Ernest Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 223 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ernest

• 978 US 2018
• 223 Nameberry 2025
• 83 Unique 2024
• 296 England 2024
• 116 Poland 2020

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Famous People Named Ernest

• Saint Ernest German abbot of Zwiefalten
• Ernest Augustus King of Hanover; son of George III of the U.K.
• Ernest Miller Hemingway American novelist (he said himself that he hated the name because of the connection to the play The Importance of Being Earnest)
• Ernest I (born Ernst Anton Karl Ludwig Herzog) Duke of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha; father of Britain's Prince Albert
• Ernest II (born Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard) Duke of Saxe,Coburg and Gotha; brother of Prince Albert
• Ernest Borgnine (born Ermes Effron Borgnino) American actor
• Ernest Rutherford New Zealand,born physicist and Nobel laureate
• Ernest Henry Shackleton English Antarctic explorer
• Amedee Ernest Chausson, French composer
• Ernest "Ernie" Banks American baseball player
• Ernest Jennings Ford aka Tennessee Ernie Ford American country music singer
• Ernest Edward "Ernie" Kovacs American actor/comedian
• Ernest Dale Tubb American country music singer
• Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton Irish physicist and Nobel laureate
• Ernest Rupert Atholl Deakin brother of singer Louis Tomlinson

The name Ernest in Pop Culture

• Ernest P Worrell main character in the Ernest film series
• Ernest a main character in comic strip "Frank and Ernest" by Bob Thaves
• Ernest T. Bass character on TV's The Andy Griffith Show
• Ernest Denouement character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
• Ernest LeClerc character on British TV series 'Allo 'Allo!
• Ernest B. Raykes character in Pixar's Cars
• Ernest Baldwin character in the video game Silent Hill 2: Restless Dreams
• Ernest Amano character from "Ace Attorney"
• Max Ernest, character in the "Secret" book series
• Ernest Perriclof character in Alexandra Adornetto's The Strangest Adventures series
• Ernest name adopted by Jack Worthing (whose real name [spoiler] is actually Ernest) and Algernon Montcrieff in Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest

International Variations of the name Ernest

• Arnesto Portuguese
• Erneszt Hungarian
• Ernö Hungarian
• Necho Portuguese
• Ernesto Portuguese
• Ernestino Portuguese
• Ernio Portuguese
• Earnan Irish
• Estek Polish
• Ernst Swedish