| Name info: About the name Ernst in particular |  | 
| Group info: About Ernest/Ernesta, the group of names with the same origin as Ernst | | Meaning/translation: | the ernest, the serious |  | Language of origin: | Old High German |  | Info about origin, male: | the German variant Ernst is known from the famous German ruler Ernst von Schwaben |  | Words: | ernst = the seriousness, the earnest, the eagerness  Old High German |  | Topics: | Words |  | Variants' top ranks: | 4:Ernesto Cuba 2010,  9:Ernests Latvia 2020,  10:Ernest England+Wales 1904,  25:Ernir Iceland 2022,  27:Ernst Austria 2015,  43:Erna Iceland 2015 |  | Old/original forms: | Arnest Old High German, Arnust Old High German, Ernestinus Latin, Ernestus Latin |  | Name variants: | Erna, Ernesta, Ernestina, Ernestine, Earnest, Ernest, Ernestin, Ernesto, Ernests, Ernir, Ernö, Ernst   Sortable list   Details | 
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