Ernest
- This article is about the given name. For the borough, see Ernest, Pennsylvania.
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Ernest Hemingway, one of the most famous bearers. | |
| Pronunciation | /ɜːrnɪst/ |
| Gender | male |
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| Word/name | Germanic |
| Meaning | serious |
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| Related names | Ernestine, Erna (female forms), Ernst, Ernesto |
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The name Ernest is derived from Germanic word ernst "bold, vigorous, resolute".
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
- 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)
- Ernest Angelo (born 1934), Texas businessman and politician
- Ernest Benach i Pascual (born 1959), former President of the Catalonian Parliament
- Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), British Labour Politician
- Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor
- Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), an Argentine Marxist revolutionary, physician, author, guerrilla leader, diplomat, and military theorist
- Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of westerns
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer
- Ernest Hornung (1866-1921), English author and poet
- Ernest Koliqi (1903-1975),Albanian writer
- Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician
- Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician
- Charles Ernest Moody (1891–1977), American gospel songwriter and performer
- Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist
- 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 Walton (1903-1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate
- Saint Ernest (died 1148), German abbot
- Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893), the sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Surname
- John Ernest - painter and matematician.
Fictional people
- Ernest T. Bass, character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show
- Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
- Ernest LeClerc, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
- Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of Ernest films
- Ernest B. Raykes, character in the film Cars
- Ernest, character 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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