First name Ernest - Meaning, Origin and Rating
Origin
Old High German
Nameday
Meaning
the earnest, the level-headed
Famous people with the first name Ernest
- Ernest Hemingway (Artist)
- Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (Person)
- Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Person)
- Ernest Borgnine (Actor)
- Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Person)
- Ernest Shackleton (British polar explorer of Irish descent)