Ernest
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| Ernest | |
|---|---|
| Gender | male |
| Origin | |
| Word/Name | Germanic |
| Meaning | serious |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Ernestine, Erna (female forms) |
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The name Ernest is derived from the Germanic word ernst, parallel to the English word earnest, approximately meaning honest and trustworthy.
Ernest may refer to:
[edit] 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 Benach i Pascual (born 1959), former President of the Catalonian Parliament
- Ernest Borgnine (born 1917), American actor
- Ernest Haycox (1899-1950), American writer of westerns
- Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American writer
- Ernest Lluch (1937-2000), Catalan-Spanish politician
- Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician
- Ernest O. Lawrence (1901-1958), American physicist
- Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937), chemist
- Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922), British 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
[edit] 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
[edit] In other languages
- Armenian: Էռնեստ (Ernest)
- Catalan: Ernest
- Czech: Arnošt
- Danish: Ernst
- Dutch: Ernst
- Finnish: Ernesti, Erno
- French: Ernest
- Georgian: ერნესტ (Ernest)
- German: Ernst
- Greek: Ερνέστος (Ernéstos)
- Hebrew: ארנסט (Ernest)
- Hungarian: Ernő
- Italian: Ernesto
- Latin: Ernestus
- Latvian: Ernests
- Norwegian: Ernst
- Polish: Ernest
- Portuguese: Ernesto
- Russian: Эрнест, Эрнст (Ernest, Ernst)
- Serbian: Ернест (Ernest)
- Slovak: Ernest
- Slovene: Ernest
- Spanish: Ernesto
- Swedish: Ernst
[edit] See also
- Ernst (disambiguation)
- Ernesto
- Ernie (disambiguation), shortened version of Ernest
- Earnest (disambiguation)
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