Ernest
BoyOrigin: Germanic · English
Meaning
“Germanic "serious, earnest"”
Cultural Notes
Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) puns on the name and the word "earnest".
Popularity
Rarity: rare
Peak decade: 1900s
Community likes: 0
Famous People Named Ernest
- Ernest Hemingway (novelist), Ernest Shackleton (Irish-born explorer)
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