Ernesto

Ernesto is a male name .

Origin and meaning

Ernesto is the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish versions of the male given name Ernst .

Name bearer

• Ernesto Agazzi (* 1942), Uruguayan politician and agricultural engineer
• Edwin Ernesto Ayala (* 1966), lawyer and author in El Salvador
• Ernesto Balladares (* 1946), Panamanian politician; President 1994–1999
• Ernesto Bertarelli (* 1965), Swiss owner, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Serono SA
• Ernesto Canto (* 1959), Mexican athlete
• Ernesto Cardenal (1925–2020), Nicaraguan Catholic priest, poet and politician; Representative of liberation theology
• Ernesto Corripio (y) Ahumada (1919–2008), Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico City
• Ernesto Domínguez (* 1955), Mexican pool player
• Ernesto de la Guardia Navarro (1904–1983), 30th President of Panama
• Ernesto Geisel (1908–1996), President of Brazil during the military dictatorship of the 1970s
• Julio Ernesto Granda Zúñiga (* 1967), Peruvian chess grandmaster
• Ernesto Grassi (1902–1991), Italian philosopher
• Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928–1967), Argentine doctor and Cuban revolutionary, politician and guerrilla leader
• Ernesto Guggeri (1900–1960), Uruguayan politician and doctor
• Ernesto Halffter (1905–1989), Spanish composer and conductor
• Ernesto Hintze Ribeiro (1849–1907), three-time Prime Minister of Portugal
• Ernesto Hoost , a former Dutch K1 fighter
• Ernesto Icaza Sánchez (1866–1935), Mexican horse and equestrian painter
• Ernesto Köhler (1849–1907), flautist and composer
• Ernesto Laclau (1935–2014), Argentine political theorist
• Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban composer and musician
• Ernesto Lupercio (* 1970), Mexican mathematician
• Ernesto Maguengue (* 1964), Mozambican bishop of the Roman Catholic Church
• Ernesto Mallo (* 1948), Argentine writer, screenwriter and journalist
• Ernesto Mascheroni (1907–1984), Uruguayan-Italian football player
• Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975), Italian racing car driver, engineer and entrepreneur
• Ernesto Mehlich , formerly Ernst Mehlich (1888–1977), German-Brazilian conductor, pianist and composer
• Ernesto Meléndez (1939–2010), Cuban revolutionary, diplomat and politician
• Ernesto Moneta (1833–1918), Italian publicist and politician; 1907 Nobel Peace Prize
• Ernesto Montecuccoli (1582–1633), imperial general in the Thirty Years War
• Ernesto Perren (* 1942), Swiss writer
• Ernesto Peternolli (1904–1981), Italian Romanist and Italianist
• Ernesto Quesada (1858–1934), Argentine sociologist, lawyer, publicist, historian and linguist
• Ernesto Ruffini (1888–1967), Italian cardinal
• Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), Argentine writer
• Ernesto Samper (Pizano) (* 1950), President of the Republic of Colombia from 1984 to 1998
• Ernesto Scorsone (* 1952), American politician, lawyer and judge
• Ernesto Sota , Mexican football player and coach in the 20th century.
• Ernesto Tisdel Lefevre (1876–1922), Panamanian politician; Prime Minister and eleventh President of Panama
• Ernesto Zedillo (Ponce de León) (* 1951), Mexican economist and politician, President of Mexico 1994 to 2000

additional

• Ernesto Pass , mountain pass on South Georgia in the South Atlantic
• Ernest
• Ernesto (Novella) , Novella by Umberto Saba published in 1975
• Ernesto (film) , Italian drama by Salvatore Samperi (1979) based on Saba's novella

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ernesto on behindthename.com (Engl.)