Ernest
For other uses, see Ernest (disambiguation).
| Ernest | |
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Ernest Hemingway, one of the most famous bearers. | |
| Pronunciation | /ɜːrnɪst/ |
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | serious |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ernestine, Erna (female forms), Ernst, Ernesto |
The name Ernest is derived from Germanic word ernst, meaning "serious".
Ernest may refer to:
People
- Ernest, Margrave of Austria (1027-1075)
- Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373-1438)
- Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553-1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
- Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629-1698)
- Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (1771–1851), King of Hanover, son of King George III of England
- Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893), the sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
- Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1845–1923)
- Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987)
- Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (born 1954)
- Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)
- Saint Ernest (died 1148), German abbot
- Ernest Adams (disambiguation)
- Ernie Anderson (1923-1997), American radio and television announcer
- Ernest Angelo (born 1934), Texas businessman and politician
- Ernie Banks (1931-2015), American Hall-of-Fame Major League Baseball player
- Ernest Benach (born 1959), former President of the Catalonian Parliament
- Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), British Labour politician
- Ernest Radcliffe Bond (1919-2003), British police officer and soldier
- Ernie Bond (footballer) (born 1929), English former footballer
- Ernie Bond (politician) (1897–1984), Australian politician
- Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor
- Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American National Football League player
- Ernie Cox (1894-1962), Canadian Football League player
- Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American former National Basketball Association player
- Ernie Fletcher (born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky
- Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919-1991), American singer
- Ernie Green (born 1938), American former National Football League player
- Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of westerns
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer
- E. W. Hornung (1866-1921), English author and poet
- Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American former National Football League player
- Ernie Isley (born 1952), member of the American musical group The Isley Brothers
- Ernie Isley (politician) (born 1937), Canadian politician
- Ernest Koliqi (1903-1975),Albanian writer
- Ernie Kovacs (1919-1962), American comedian, actor and writer
- Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician
- Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician
- Ernie Morgan (1927-2013), English football player and manager
- Ernie Nordli (1912-1968), American animation artist and graphic designer
- Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist
- Ernie Phythian (born 1942), English former footballer
- Ernie Price (English footballer) (1926-2013)
- Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), chemist
- Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
- Ernest de Silva (1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist
- Ernest Spybuck, (1883–1949) American Indian autoethnographer
- Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British naval officer
- Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), American singer and songwriter of country music
- Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier
- Ernest Walker (disambiguation)
- Ernest Walton (1903-1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate
- Ernie Watts (born 1945), American jazz and R&B saxophone player
- Ernie Watts (footballer), English footballer who played for Small Heath (1889-1890)
- Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872-?), English footballer
- Ernie Wise, stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925-1999), half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise
- Ernie Zalejski (1925-2012), American football player
Fictional characters
- Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show
- Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of Ernest films
- Ernest B. Raykes, in the film Cars
- Ernest, in The Swiss Family Robinson
- Ernest Worthing, main character in The Importance of Being Earnest, a play by Oscar Wilde
- Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in Alexandra Adornetto's The Strangest Adventures series
See also
- Ern (given name)
- Ernst
- Ernesto
- Ernie (disambiguation), shortened version of Ernest
- Earnest (disambiguation)
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