Ernest
Ernest is a male given name and also a family name. The nickname Ernie , derived from it, is also used as a separate male given name.
Distribution and variants
Ernest is a male given name that is used in the English-speaking world , but also in other languages. It corresponds to the first names Ernst in German and Ernesto in Spanish and Italian.
Name bearer
First names
- Ernest Ansermet (1883–1969), Swiss conductor
- Ernest Ashworth (1928–2009), American country musician
- Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor
- Ernest Bryll (* 1935), Polish writer
- Ernest Claes (1885–1968), Flemish writer
- Ernest Coycault (1884-1940), American jazz musician
- Ernest Elliott (1898–1977), American jazz musician
- Ernest Faber (* 1971), Dutch soccer player
- Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853–1908), American philosopher and orientalist
- Ernest Friederich (1886–1954), French racing car driver and mechanic
- Ernie Furtado (1923–1995), American jazz bassist
- Ernest Hamer (1901–1981) American football player
- Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer and Nobel Prize winner
- Ernest Jones (1879-1958), British psychoanalyst
- Ernest Kaltenegger (* 1949), Austrian politician (KPÖ)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958), American nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner
- Ernest Libérati (1906–1983), French football player
- Ernest Mandel (1923–1995), Marxist economist and theorist from Belgium
- Ernest Meissonier (1815-1891), French painter
- Ernest Psichari (1883-1914), French writer and soldier
- Ernest Renshaw (1861–1899), English tennis player
- Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), New Zealand physicist
- Ernest Thompson (1892–1961), American old-time musician
- Ernest Thompson Seton (1860–1946), American writer and co-founder of the Boy Scout Movement
- Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), British polar explorer
- Ernest Solvay (1838-1922), Belgian chemist ( Solvay works )
- Ernie Barton (* 1930), American rockabilly and rock'n'roll musician, producer and songwriter
- Ernie Roth (1929-1983), American wrestling manager
- Ernie Wasson (* 1950), American botanist and horticultural scientist
- Ernest Wilford (* 1979), American football player
family name
- Aaron Ernest (* 1993), American sprinter
- Ernest Pignon-Ernest (* 1942), French artist
- Hans Ernest (1862–1928), Austrian poet
- Herman Ernest (1951–2011), American R&B musician
- Ingrid Ernest (1933–1975), German television announcer and actress in stage, film and television
- Johann Wilhelm von Ernest (1741–1817), Royal Prussian Major General
- John Ernest (1922–1994), American-British artist
- Ludwig von Ernest (1829–1912), stage actor
- Marie von Ernest (1858–1929), stage actress and writer
- Orien Ernest (1911–1995), American inventor, film technician, and special effects artist
- Rosalia von Ernest (1833-1870), stage actress, see Rosalia Schwarz
- Rudolf Ernest (1881–1930), Austrian builder and architect