Ernest

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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.


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Ernest

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