Ernest

Borrowed in the 18th century from Ernst, a medieval royal name in Germany, from Old High German ernust (“vigor, strife”), only remotely related to modern German ernst or English earnest.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɜː(ɹ)nɪst/

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• Homophones: Earnest, earnest

Ernest

1. A male given name; popular in the 19th century.
   • 1895, Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest

     GWENDOLEN. […] and my ideal has always been to love someone of the name of Ernest. There is something in that name that inspires absolute confidence.

   • 1980, P. D. James, Innocent Blood

     "What's his name, your boyfriend?" "Ernest. Ernest Hemingway." The name was received in disparaging silence. Marlene said: "You wouldn't get me going out with a feller called Ernest. My granddad was Ernest."

2. A surname​.

• pet form: Ernie
• female given name: Ernestine

• Enters, Senter, enters, entres, nester, renest, rentes, resent, strene, tenser, treens

Ernest m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

• IPA^(key): /ɛʁ.nɛst/

Ernest

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

• entres, entrés
• rentes, rentés
• sterne
• ternes

Ernest m

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛrnɛst/

Ernest m (genitive Ernesta, nominative plural Ernestovia) declension pattern chlap

1. A male given name.

• Ernestko
• Erno
• Ero, Erko
• Erino, Erinko

• Ernest in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk