Ernesta
Ernesta is a female given name , which corresponds to the male given name Ernst . The name Ernst is named after the legend about Duke Ernst of Swabia, which became known in the Middle Ages.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from Old High German and means seriousness, determination.
variants
Erna , Ernestina, Ernstina, Ernestine, Erni
Name day (s)
The name day is April 14th or January 12th .
Famous namesake women
Ernesta
- Ernesta, pseudonym of Amalie Baisch (1859–1902), German writer
Ernestine
- Ernestine Anderson (1928–2016), American jazz and blues singer
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908-2006), American author
- Ernestine von Fürth (1877–1946), Austrian women's rights activist
- Ernestine Geisbiegler (1925–2002), known as Erni Bieler , Austrian jazz and pop singer
- Ernestine von Ligne (Ernestine Yolande de Ligne; 1594–1668), daughter of Prince Lamoral de Ligne and Maria von Melun
- Ernestine Theodora von Pfalz-Sulzbach (1697–1775), prioress of the Carmelite monastery in Neuburg a. d. D.
- Ernestine Rose (1810-1892), Polish-American women's and civil rights activist
- Ernestine Auguste Sophie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1740–1786), Duchess of Saxe-Hildburghausen
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861–1936; nee Rössler), Austrian contralto
- Ernestine Senders (1874–1941), Austrian actress
- Ernestine Thren (1899–1981), German nurse
- Ernestine von Trott zu Solz (also called Mother Ernestine; 1889–1982), deaconess
- Sister Ernestine Washington (1914–1983), American gospel singer
Individual evidence
- ↑ The name Ernesta and its meaning. Retrieved November 7, 2018 .
See also
- List of name days
- Friedrich Ernestine colliery , mine in Essen