Ernest


Gender:
Origin: German
2628 famous people named Ernest found on Wikipedia.
301026 male, 1855 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 978-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 21-th in year 1885
Used in: English, French, Polish, Slovene

Meanings

A male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”.

The name Ernest is derived from Germanic word ernst, meaning "serious".

Masc. proper name, from French Ernest, which is of German origin (compare Old High German Ernust, German Ernst), literally "earnestness" (see earnest). Among the top 50 names for boys born in U.S. from 1880 through 1933.

Earnest, serious, determined.

Famous People: 2628 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Ernest Hemingway 1899 American author and journalist
2 Ernest Borgnine 1917 American actor
3 Ernest Rutherford 1871 New Zealand-born British chemist and physicist
4 Ernest Shackleton 1874 Anglo-Irish polar explorer
5 Ernest Moniz 1944 13th United States Secretary of Energy
6 Ernest P. Worrell Fictional character, popular in the 1980s and 90s for his appearances in advertising and film
7 Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1818 German prince
8 Ernest Cline 1972 Writer
9 Ernest Augustus I of Hanover 1771 King of Hanover
10 Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 1784 Sovereign duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
11 Ernest Lee Thomas 1949 American actor
12 Ernest Tubb 1914 American singer and songwriter of country music
13 Ernest King 1878 United States Navy admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
14 Ernest Miller 1964 American professional wrestler
15 Ernest Medina 1936 US Army officer
16 Ernest Bevin 1881 British labour leader, politician, and statesman
17 Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick 1887
18 Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1629 Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
19 Ernest Aldrich Simpson 1897 British Army officer
20 Ernest Renan 1823 French philosopher and writer
21 Ernest Hollings 1922 Politician from the United States
22 Ernest Angley 1921 Christian evangelist
23 Ernest Lawrence 1901 Physicist
24 Justin Ernest 1972 American football defensive lineman, NFL Combine record-holder
25 Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse 1868 German noble
26 Ernest Bai Koroma 1953 Sierra Leonean President
27 Ernest Thompson Seton 1860 British/ American author, artist, and a founder of the scouting movement
28 Ernest Green 1941 Congressional Gold Medal recipient
29 Ernest Everett Just 1883 American marine biologist
30 Ernest Darby Fictional character in the FX television series Sons of Anarchy
31 Ernest Oppenheimer 1880 South African businessman
32 Ernest Holmes 1887 American spiritual writer
33 Ernest Jaubert 1856 French writer
34 Ernest Gellner 1925 Czech anthropologist, philosopher and sociologist
35 Ernest Bloch 1880 American composer
36 Ernest Becker 1924 American anthropologist
37 Ernest Dickerson 1951 American film director
38 Ernest Walton 1903 Irish physicist and Nobel laureate
39 Ernest Lehman 1915 American screenwriter
40 Ernest Shonekan 1934 President of Nigeria
41 Ernest Dowson 1867 English writer
42 Ernest Clark 1912 British actor
43 Ernest J. Gaines 1933 Novelist, short story writer, teacher
44 Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1724 Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
45 Ernest Thesiger 1879 Actor
46 Ernest Jones 1879 Welsh psychoanalyst
47 Ernest E. Evans 1908 United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient
48 Ernest Chausson 1855 French composer
49 Ernest Emerson 1955 Knifemaker, Martial artist
50 Ernest Mandel 1923 Belgian economist and Marxist philosopher
51 Ernest Gold 1921 Austrian American composer
52 Ernest Ranglin 1932 Jamaican guitarist and composer
53 Ernest M. McSorley 1912 Canadian sailor
54 Ernest C. Brace 1931 Aviator
55 Ernest Hilgard 1904 American psychologist
56 Ernest Hogan 1858 Vaudeville performer
57 Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1497 Prince of Lüneburg-Celle
58 Ernest Cassel 1852 British businessman
59 Ernest Burgess 1886 American sociologist
60 Ernest Solvay 1838 Chemist, industrialist, philanthropist
61 Ernest Truex 1889 Actor
62 Ernest Waddell 1982 American actor
63 Ernest K. Gann 1910 US writer
64 Ernest Carter American drummer
65 Ernest Tidyman 1928 Writer
66 Ernest Douwes Dekker 1879 Indonesia politician
67 Ernest Smith 1914 Canadian soldier of World War II receipient of the Victoria Cross
68 Ernest Saunders 1935 American criminal
69 Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha 1601 Duke of Saxe-Gotha and Saxe-Altenburg
70 Ernest Mason Satow 1843 British diplomat
71 Ernest Marples 1907 British politician
72 Ernest Marsden 1889 British physicist
73 Ernest Gruening 1887 American politician
74 Ernest Nathan Morial 1929 American politician
75 Ernest Beaux 1881 Russian-French perfumer
76 Ernest N. Harmon 1894 United States Army general
77 Ernest Gallo 1909 American businessman
78 Ernest Starling 1866 British biologist
79 Ernest Brooks 1878 British photographer
80 Ernest B. Schoedsack 1893 American film director
81 Ernest McFarland 1894 Politician and lawyer
82 Ernest Fenollosa 1853 American professor of philosophy and political economy
83 Ernest Manning 1908 Canadian politician
84 Ernest Ansermet 1883 Swiss conductor
85 Ernest E. Debs 1904 American politician
86 Ernest Callenbach 1929 American writer
87 Ernest Nagel 1901 American philosopher
88 Ernest Thompson 1949 American actor and screenwriter
89 Ernest Bramah 1868 English author
90 Ernest A. Janson 1878 United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
91 Ernest Woodruff 1863 American businessman
92 Ernest Dichter 1907 American psychologist
93 Ernest Thayer 1863 American poet
94 Ernest Giles 1835 Explorer
95 Ernest Wilford 1979 American football player
96 Ernest Gordon 1916 British Army officer
97 Ernest Vandiver 1918 Politician from Georgia, USA
98 Ernest Mathijs Canadian professor and author
99 Ernest Istook 1950 U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma
100 Ernest Zacharevic 1986
101 Ernest Fardiyan Sjarif 1979
102 Ernest Stoneman 1893 American singer-songwriter
103 Ernest Vincent Wright 1873 American writer
104 Ernest Givins 1964 American football player
105 Ernest Mangnall 1866 English football manager
106 Ernest Asante 1988 Footballer
107 Ernest Prakasa 1982
108 Ernest Ashworth 1928 American country singer
109 Ernest John Moeran 1894 English composer
110 Ernest Henry Wilson 1876 Botanist
111 Ernest van den Haag 1914 American sociologist
112 Ernest Torrence 1878 Actor
113 Ernest Withers 1922 American photographer
114 Ernest Mabouka 1988 Cameroonian footballer
115 Ernest Ball 1878 American musician
116 Ernest Rupolo 1908 American mobster
117 Ernest W. Adams Founder of the International Game Developers Association
118 Ernest Renshaw 1861 English tennis player
119 Ernest Blythe 1889 Irish politician
120 Ernest Faber 1971 Dutch football player/manager
121 Ernest Sosa 1940 American philosopher
122 Ernest Joyce 1875 Royal Naval seaman and explorer
123 Ernest Flagg 1857 American architect
124 Ernest Gowers 1880 British non-fiction writer
125 Ernest Laszlo 1898 American cinematographer
126 Ernest May 1928 American historian
127 Ernest Augustus, Duke of York and Albany 1674 Prince-Bishop of Osnabrück
128 Ernest Louis of Hesse-Darmstadt 1667 Landgrave
129 Ernest Haller 1896 American cinematographer
130 Ernest Duchesne 1874 French physician
131 Ernest Amory Codman 1869 American academic
132 Ernest Belfort Bax 1854 British barrister and journalist
133 Ernest Harrison 1926 British businessman
134 Ernest A. Batchelder 1875 American artist
135 Ernest Hall 1930 Businessman, pianist
136 Ernest Cox 1883 Electrical and mechanical engineer and marine salvage expert
137 Ernest L. Martin 1932 American archaeologist
138 Ernest Childers 1918 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
139 Ernest Del 1952 American lawyer
140 Ernest McCulloch 1926 Cellular biologist
141 Ernest Haycox 1899 Novelist, short story writer
142 Ernest Troubridge 1862 Royal Navy officer during the First World War
143 Ernest Lawson 1873 American painter
144 Ernest Jackson 1986 American football player
145 Ernest E. West 1931 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
146 Ernest Hoschedé 1837 French businessman
147 Ernest W. Lefever 1919 American political theorist
148 Ernest Wadsworth Longfellow 1845 American artist
149 Ernest Newman 1868 British musicologist
150 Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg 1745 Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
151 Ernest R. Davidson 1936 American chemist
152 Ernest Cormier 1885 Canadian architect
153 Ernest Braun 1925 British technology assessor
154 Ernest Hives, 1st Baron Hives 1886 British Baron and businessman
155 Ernest Gimson 1864 British architect
156 Ernest "Chick" Tsikerdanos 1924 American soldier
157 Ernest Fanelli 1860 French composer
158 Ernest Simoni 1928 Albanian Roman catholic priest
159 Ernest Defarge
160 Ernest M. Skinner 1866 American organ builder
161 Ernest Barker 1874 British political scientist
162 Ernest William Brown 1866 English-American astronomer and mathematician
163 Ernest Beckett, 2nd Baron Grimthorpe 1856 British politician
164 Ernest L. Boyer 1928 American psychologist and educator, first President of SUNY
165 Ernest Louwes 1953 Dutch criminal
166 Ernest Wood 1883 English yogi
167 Ernest Frederick I, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1681 German duke
168 Ernest Gébler 1914 Irish writer
169 Ernest Poole 1880 American journalist and novelist
170 Ernest Lundeen 1878 American politician
171 Ernest Benn 1875 British publisher, writer, and political economic pamphleteer
172 Ernest Ferlita 1927 American academic
173 Ernest Ingenito 1924 Convicted spree killer
174 Ernest Kinoy 1925 American screenwriter
175 Ernest William Goodpasture 1886 American pathologist and physician
176 Ernest Hanbury Hankin 1865 British scientist
177 Ernest Bohr 1924 Danish lawyer
178 John Ernest 1922 American constructivist artist
179 Ernest Guiraud 1837 French composer and music teacher
180 Ernest Peter Burger 1906 Nazi saboteur
181 Ernest Mercier 1878 French businessman
182 Ernest Whitman 1893 American actor
183 Ernest Austin Australian murderer
184 Ernest Ingersoll 1852 American naturalist, writer and explorer
185 Ernest L. Blumenschein 1874 American artist
186 Ernest Cossart 1876 Actor
187 Ernest Blood 1872 American basketball coach
188 Ernest Webnje Nfor 1986 Cameroonian footballer
189 Ernest Ivy Thomas, Jr. 1924 United States Marines
190 Ernest Tomlinson 1924 English composer
191 Ernest Angelo 1934 American oilman and politician
192 Ernest Wamba dia Wamba 1942 African political philosopher
193 Ernest Sugira 1991 Rwanda footballer
194 Ernest A. Finney, Jr. 1931 American judge
195 Ernest Lapointe 1876 Canadian lawyer, politician
196 Ernest Augustus I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach 1688 Duke of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach
197 Ernest Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1727 Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen 1745-1780
198 Ernest Pignon-Ernest 1942 Artist
199 Ernest MacMillan 1893 Canadian conductor
200 Ernest Binfield Havell 1861 English arts administrator, art historian and author of numerous books about Indian art and architecture