English
Etymology
Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from OHG. ernust "vigor, strife", only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.
Proper noun
en-proper noun
- given name|male popular in the 19th century.
Translations
trans-top|given name
Czech: Arnošt
Danish: Ernst
Dutch: Ernst
Finnish: Ernesti, Erno
French: #French|Ernest
German: Ernst
Hungarian: Ernő
Italian: Ernesto
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Norwegian: Ernst
Spanish: Ernesto
Swedish: Ernst
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Quotations
1895 Oscar Wilde: The Importance of Being Earnest:
::GWENDOLEN. --, and my ideal has always been to love someone in the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.
1980 P.D.James: Innocent Blood:
::"What's his name, your boyfriend?"
::"Ernest. Ernest Hemingway."
::The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said:
::"You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."
sr:Ernest
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