Ernest is a
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
derived from
Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
People
*
Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
*
Ernest, Margrave of Austria (1027–1075)
*
Ernest, Duke of Bavaria
Ernest of Bavaria-Munich (german: Ernst, Herzog von Bayern-München), (Munich, 1373 – 2 July 1438 in Munich), from 1397 Duke of Bavaria-Munich.
Biography
Ernest was a son of John II and ruled the duchy of Bavaria-Munich together with h ...
(1373–1438)
*
Ernest, Duke of Opava (c. 1415–1464)
*
Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach
Margrave Ernest I of Baden-Durlach (7 October 1482, Pforzheim – 6 February 1553, Sulzburg) was the founder of the so-called "Ernestine" line of the House of Baden, the line from which the later Grand Dukes descended. He was the ruling M ...
(1482–1553)
*
Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels
Landgrave Ernest of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg (8 December 1623 – 2 May 1693) was from 1649 to 1658 Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels and from 1658 until his death Landgrave of Hesse-Rheinfels-Rotenburg. Because his brothers died young, all later Lan ...
(1623–1693)
*
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Ernest Augustus (german: Ernst August; 20 November 1629 – 23 January 1698) was ruler of the Principality of Lüneburg from 1658 and of the Principality of Calenberg from 1679 until his death, and father of George I of Great Britain. He was app ...
(1629–1698)
*
Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg
Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (25 March 1650 in Ilsenburg – 9 November 1710 in Ilsenburg) was a German nobleman. He was an imperial count and the ruling Count of Königstein, Rochefort, Wernigerode and Hohnstein, as well as Lord of E ...
(1650–1710)
*
Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771–1851), son of King George III of Great Britain
*
Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Ernest II (german: Ernst August Karl Johann Leopold Alexander Eduard, link=no; 21 June 181822 August 1893) was Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha from 29 January 1844 to his death in 1893. He was born in Coburg to Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfel ...
(1818–1893), sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
*
Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover
en, Ernest Augustus William Adolphus George Frederick
, house = Hanover
, father = George V of Hanover
, mother = Marie of Saxe-Altenburg
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Hanover, Kingdom of Hanover
, death_date =
, death_place = Gmunde ...
(1845–1923)
*
Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal
Ernest Eugene Charles Augustus Bernard Paul of Hesse-Philippsthal (german: Ernst Eugen Karl August Bernhard Paul von Hessen-Philippsthal; born: 20 December 1846 in Philippsthal; died: 22 December 1925 in Eisenach) was a member of the House of H ...
(1846–1925)
*
Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) ''
, house = Hanover
, father = Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick
, mother = Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Braunschweig, Duchy of Brunswick, German Empire
, death_date =
, death_place = Schulenburg, P ...
*
Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954)
Prince Ernst August of Hanover (german: Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig Prinz von Hannover Herzog zu Braunschweig und Lüneburg Königlicher Prinz von Großbritannien und Irland;Prince's ...
*
Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)
*
Saint Ernest
Saint Ernest (died 1148) was the abbot of the Benedictine Zwiefalten Abbey at Zwiefalten, Germany from 1141 to 1146. He participated in the Second Crusade fought by Christians between 1146 and 1149 to defend the Holy Land following the Turkish a ...
(died 1148), German abbot
*
Ernest Adams (disambiguation) Ernest Adams may refer to:
*Ernest Adams (baker) (1892–1976), New Zealand baker, businessman and philanthropist
**Ernest Adams, a New Zealand bakery and a brand of Goodman Fielder
*Ernest Wilcox Adams, philosopher, brother of William Y. Adams (1 ...
*
Ernie Anderson
Ernest Earle Anderson (November 12, 1923 – February 6, 1997) was an American radio and television personality, horror host, and announcer.
Known for his portrayal of " Ghoulardi", the host of late night horror films on WJW Channel 8 on Clev ...
(1923–1997), American radio and television announcer
*
Ernie Banks
Ernest Banks (January 31, 1931 – January 23, 2015), nicknamed "Mr. Cub" and "Mr. Sunshine", was an American professional baseball player who starred in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop and first baseman for the Chicago Cubs between ...
(1931–2015), American baseball player
*
Ernest Benach
Ernest Benach i Pasqual (; born Reus, Baix Camp, 12 November 1959) was the President of the Catalan Parliament from 2003 to 2010. He is a member of the Catalan independentist party Republican Left of Catalonia (ERC).
Education and professional ...
(born 1959), President of the Catalan parliament
*
Ernest Bevin
Ernest Bevin (9 March 1881 – 14 April 1951) was a British statesman, trade union leader, and Labour Party politician. He co-founded and served as General Secretary of the powerful Transport and General Workers' Union in the years 1922–194 ...
(1881–1951), British Labour politician
*
Ernest Bohr
Ernest David Bohr (7 March 1924 – 26 February 2018) was a Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player who played for Denmark in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Biography
Bohr was born in Frederiksberg, Denmark on 7 March 1924 ...
(1924–2018), Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player
*
Ernest Broșteanu
Ernest Broșteanu (January 24, 1869 June 6, 1932) was a Romanian general during World War I, best known for his leading role in the 1918 Romanian military intervention in Bessarabia.
Early life
He was born on January 24, 1869, in Roman, Neamț ...
(1869–1932), Romanian general during World War I
*
Ernest Buckmaster (1897–1968), Australian artist
*
Ernest Radcliffe Bond (1919–2003), British police officer and soldier
*
Ernie Bond (footballer)
James Ernest Bond (born 4 May 1929) is an English former professional association football, footballer who played as an Outside forward, outside left. Born in Preston, Lancashire, Preston, he played in the Football League for Manchester United F ...
(born 1929), English footballer
*
Ernie Bond (politician)
Ernest Edward "Ernie" Bond (29 June 1897 – 25 July 1984) was an Australian politician.
He was born in Heywood to rural worker Robert Bond and Sarah Jane Mullens. He attended Geelong High School and became a schoolteacher at Lavers Hill an ...
(1897–1984), Australian politician
*
Ernest Borgnine
Ernest Borgnine (; born Ermes Effron Borgnino; January 24, 1917 – July 8, 2012) was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but relaxed voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular perfor ...
(1917–2012), American actor
*
Ernie Calloway
Ernest Henry Calloway (born January 1, 1948) is a former American football defensive lineman who played four seasons with the Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Eagles in the second round of the 1969 ...
(born 1948), American football player
*
Ernie Cooksey (1980–2008), English footballer
*
Ernest Corea
Ernest Corea (1932–11 May 2017) was a Sri Lankan journalist and a diplomat noted for his work to maintain a free and independent press and for negotiations involving Sri Lanka's development programs.
Early life
Corea was born in 1932 in Col ...
(1932–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist,
Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1981-1986
*
Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player
*
Ernest Daltroff
Ernest Daltroff (17 November 1867 – 3 February 1941), was a French perfumer and the founder of Parfums Caron in 1904.
Biography
Ernest Léon René Lucien Daltroff was born to an upper middle class family originally from Russia. His mother Id ...
(1867–1941), French perfumer, and founder of Parfums Caron
*
Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player
*
Ernest Duff
Ernest Duff (June 2, 1931 - May 27, 2016) was an American businessman, lawyer and former bishop of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
He was the founder of Southern Tire Mart, a large independent commercial tire dealership in North ...
(1931-2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop
*
Ernie Els
Theodore Ernest Els (; born 17 October 1969) is a South African professional golfer. A former , he is known as "The Big Easy" due to his imposing physical stature (he stands ) along with his fluid golf swing. Among his more than 70 career victor ...
(born 1969), South African golfer
*
Ernest Evans (cricketer)
Ernest Evans (21 August 1861 – 4 November 1948) was an English cricketer who played for Somerset. He was born and died in Clifton, Bristol.
Evans made one first-class appearance for Somerset, during the 1891 season, against Gloucestershire. ...
(1861–1948), English cricketer who played for Somerset
*
Ernest Evans (politician) (1885–1965), Welsh politician
*
Ernest E. Evans (1908–1944), officer of the United States Navy in WWII
*
Ernest Peter Arnold Fernando (1919–1957), Sri Lankan Sinhala businessman and mine owner
*
Ernie Fletcher
Ernest Lee Fletcher (born November 12, 1952) is an American physician and politician. In 1998, he was elected to the first of three consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives; he resigned in 2003 after being elected the 60th ...
(born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky
*
Tennessee Ernie Ford
Ernest Jennings Ford (February 13, 1919 – October 17, 1991), known professionally as Tennessee Ernie Ford, was an American singer and television host who enjoyed success in the country and western, pop, and gospel musical genres. Noted for h ...
(1919–1991), American country singer
*
Ernest Gold (composer)
Ernst Sigmund Goldner (July 13, 1921 – March 17, 1999), known professionally as Ernest Gold, was an Austrian-born American composer. He is most noted for his work on the film ''Exodus'' produced in 1960.
Early life
Gold was born in 1921 in Vie ...
(1921–1999), American composer
*
Ernest Gold (meteorologist)
Ernest Gold CB DSO OBE FRS (24 July 1881 – 30 January 1976) was a British meteorologist.
He was born at Berkswell, near Coventry and educated at Mason University College (which later became the University of Birmingham) and St John's C ...
(1881–1976), British meteorologist
*
Ernest Gjoka (born 1970), Albanian football coach
*
Ernie Green
Ernest "Ernie" Green (born October 15, 1938) is a former American football halfback and fullback for the Cleveland Browns in the National Football League.
Early years
Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, Green is a 1958 graduate of Spence ...
(born 1938), American football player
*
Ernesto "Che" Guevara
Ernesto Che Guevara (; 14 June 1928The date of birth recorded on /upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/78/Ernesto_Guevara_Acta_de_Nacimiento.jpg his birth certificatewas 14 June 1928, although one tertiary source, (Julia Constenla, quoted ...
(1928-1967), Argentine physician, author and Marxist revolutionary
*
Ernie Harwell
William Earnest Harwell (January 25, 1918 – May 4, 2010) was an American sportscaster, known for his long career calling play-by-play of Major League Baseball games. For 55 seasons, 42 of them with the Detroit Tigers, Harwell called the actio ...
(1918–2010), American baseball broadcaster
*
Ernest Haycox
Ernest James Haycox (October 1, 1899 – October 13, 1950) was an American writer of Western fiction.
Biography
Haycox was born in Portland, Oregon, to William James Haycox and the former Martha Burghardt on October 1, 1899.Corning, Howard M. (1 ...
(1899–1950), American writer of Westerns
*
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century f ...
(1899–1961), American writer
*
Ernest George Horlock
Ernest George Horlock Victoria Cross, VC (also known as Ernest George Harlock) (24 October 1885 – 30 December 1917) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy t ...
(1885–1917), English recipient of the
Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious award of the British honours system. It is awarded for valour "in the presence of the enemy" to members of the British Armed Forces and may be awarded posthumously. It was previously ...
*
E. W. Hornung
Ernest William Hornung (7 June 1866 – 22 March 1921) was an English author and poet known for writing the A. J. Raffles (character), A. J. Raffles series of stories about a gentleman thief in late 19th-century London. Hornung was educa ...
(1866–1921), English author and poet
*
Ernie Hughes
Ernest Loyal Hughes Jr. is a former American football center who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL) with the San Francisco 49ers and New York Giants. He was drafted by the 49ers in the third round of the 1978 NFL Draft. H ...
(born 1955), American football player
*
Ernie Isley
Ernest Isley (born March 7, 1952) is an American musician, best known as a member of the musical ensemble The Isley Brothers, and also the splinter group Isley-Jasper-Isley.
Biography
Ernie was born in Cincinnati, where his older brothers for ...
(born 1952), American musician, the Isley Brothers
*
Ernest Jones (disambiguation), multiple people
*
Ernest Juvara
Ernest Juvara (May 5, 1870, Bârlad, Vaslui County – May 5, 1933, Bucharest) was a Romanian physician, innovative in surgical and instrumental techniques. He was a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Bucharest, with contri ...
(1870–1933), Romanian physician
*
Ernest Koliqi
Ernest Koliqi (20 May 190315 January 1975) was an Albanian journalist, politician, translator, teacher and writer.
Biography
Born in Shkodra, where he also attended his first lessons at the local Jesuit College. In 1918 his father send him ...
(1903–1975), Albanian writer
*
Ernie Kovacs
Ernest Edward Kovacs (January 23, 1919 – January 13, 1962) was a Hungarian-American comedian, actor, and writer.
Kovacs's visually experimental and often spontaneous comedic style influenced numerous television comedy programs for years aft ...
(1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer
*
Ernest Krausz
Ernest (Kopul) Krausz (ארנסט קראוס; August 13, 1931 - December 10, 2018) was an Israeli professor of sociology who served as rector and Acting President of Bar Ilan University. He also taught at Netanya Academic College.
Biography
Ernes ...
(1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at
Bar Ilan University
Bar-Ilan University (BIU, he, אוניברסיטת בר-אילן, ''Universitat Bar-Ilan'') is a public research university in the Tel Aviv District city of Ramat Gan, Israel. Established in 1955, Bar Ilan is Israel's second-largest academic i ...
*
Ernest Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation fo ...
(1901–1958), American nuclear scientist
*
Ernest Lluch
Ernest Lluch Martín, (21 January 1937 – 21 November 2000) was a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialists' Party of Catalonia (PSC). He was Minister of Health and Consumption from 1982 to 1986 in the first Spanish Socialist Wor ...
(1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician
*
Ernest Millington
Ernest Rogers Millington (15 February 19169 May 2009) was a British Common Wealth and later Labour Member of Parliament (MP).
Following the death of John Profumo on 10 March 2006, Millington was the only living former MP from the 38th Parl ...
(1916–2009), British politician
*
Ernie Morgan
Ernest Morgan (13 January 1927 – 3 October 2013) was an English professional football player and manager. He spent the bulk of his career with Gillingham, where he set a record for the highest number of goals scored in a single season which st ...
(1927–2013), English football player and manager
*
Ernie Nordli
Ernest Nordli (June 15, 1912 – April 22, 1968) was an American animation designer and layout artist, most notably for Walt Disney Studios.
Biography
He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah to Norwegian immigrant Hans Magnus Nordli (1884-1975) and ...
(1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer
*
Ernest O. Lawrence
Ernest Orlando Lawrence (August 8, 1901 – August 27, 1958) was an American nuclear physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1939 for his invention of the cyclotron. He is known for his work on uranium-isotope separation f ...
(1901–1958), American physicist
*
Ernest Perera
Ernest Edward Boniface Perera (29 November 1932 – 16 August 2013) was the 23rd Inspector General of the Sri Lanka Police, serving between 1988 and 1993.
Ernest Edward Boniface Perera was born on 29 November 1932 in Dalugama, a suburb of Col ...
(1932-2013,
Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993
*
Ernie Phythian
Ernest Rixon Phythian (16 July 1942 – 3 August 2020) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker. Active between 1960 and 1968, Phythian made over 250 appearances in the Football League, scoring nearly 100 goals.
Early and ...
(1942–2020), English footballer
*
Ernest Victor Pieris (1926-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala physician, medical educator, cricketer, and rugby union player
*
Ernest Poruthota
Poruthotage Raymond Ernest Alexander Fernando ( Sinhala: පෝරුතොටගේ රේමන්ඩ් අර්නස්ට් ඇලෙක්සැන්ඩර් ප්රනාන්දු) (31 August 1931 — 16 June 2020), often know ...
(1931–2020), Sri Lankan Sinhala Roman Catholic priest and author
*
Ernest Prakasa
Ernest Prakasa (born in Jakarta, Indonesia, January 29, 1982) is an Indonesians, Indonesian comedian, Stand-up comedy, stand up performer, writer, and actor. He became popular after receiving third place in ''Stand Up Comedy Indonesia Kompas TV ...
(born 1982), Indonesian comedian, stand up performer, writer, and actor
*
Ernie Price (1926–2013), English footballer
*
Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin
*
Ernest Rutherford
Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, (30 August 1871 – 19 October 1937) was a New Zealand physicist who came to be known as the father of nuclear physics.
''Encyclopædia Britannica'' considers him to be the greatest ...
(1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist
*
Ernest Shackleton
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (15 February 1874 – 5 January 1922) was an Anglo-Irish Antarctic explorer who led three British expeditions to the Antarctic. He was one of the principal figures of the period known as the Heroic Age of ...
(1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer
*
Ernest de Silva
Sir Albert Ernest de Silva (26 November 1887 – 9 May 1957) was a Ceylonese business magnate, banker, barrister and public figure, considered to be the most prominent Ceylonese philanthropist of the 20th century. A wealthy and influential poly ...
(1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist
*
Ernest (musician)
Ernest Keith Smith, known mononymously as Ernest (stylized in ERNEST), is an American country music singer. After writing songs for Morgan Wallen, Jake Owen, Florida Georgia Line, Thomas Rhett and Chris Lane, he signed a recording contract with ...
(K. Smith), American country music artist
*
Ernest Spybuck (1883–1949), American Indian autoethnographer
*
Ernest Thayer (1863–1940), American poet
*
Ernest William Tristram (1882-1952), British art historian, artist and conservator
*
Ernest Troubridge
Admiral Sir Ernest Charles Thomas Troubridge, (15 July 1862 – 28 January 1926) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the First World War.
Troubridge was born into a family with substantial military connections, with several of hi ...
(1862–1926), British naval officer
*
Ernest Tubb
Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, " Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), ...
(1914–1984), American country music singer and songwriter
*
Ernest Veuve
Ernest Veuve (March 19, 1843 – June 17, 1916), born George Ernest Veuve, was a Swiss-born soldier in the U.S. Army who fought during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars as a member of the 16th U.S. Infantry, 3rd U.S. Infantry and 4th ...
(1843–1916), American Civil War soldier
*
Ernest Vinberg
Ernest Borisovich Vinberg (russian: Эрне́ст Бори́сович Ви́нберг; 26 July 1937 – 12 May 2020) was a Soviet and Russian mathematician, who worked on Lie groups and algebraic groups, discrete subgroups of Lie groups, invar ...
(born 1937), Russian mathematician
*
Ernest Walker (disambiguation)
*
Ernest Walton
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton (6 October 1903 – 25 June 1995) was an Irish physicist and Nobel laureate. He is best known for his work with John Cockcroft to construct one of the earliest types of particle accelerator, the Cockcroft–Walton ...
(1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate
*
Ernie Watts (born 1945), American saxophonist
*
Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer)
Ernest Watts (fl. 1889) was an English footballer born in Birmingham who played in the Football Alliance for Small Heath. After Small Heath's 9–1 defeat against The Wednesday in the inaugural season of the Football Alliance, Watts was given ...
, English footballer
*
Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1???), English footballer
*
Ernie Wise
Ernest Wiseman, (27 November 1925 – 21 March 1999), known by his stage name Ernie Wise, was an English comedian, best known as one half of the comedy duo Morecambe and Wise, who became a national institution on British television, especially ...
(1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise
*
Ernie Zalejski
Ernest Raymond Zalejski (November 23, 1925 – August 5, 2012) was an American football Back (American football), back who played one season with the Baltimore Colts (1947–50), Baltimore Colts of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafte ...
(1925–2012), American football player
Fictional characters
*
Ernest T. Bass
Ernest T. Bass is a fictional character on the American TV sitcom '' The Andy Griffith Show''. He was played by Howard Morris.
As with many of the show's characters, Morris had worked previously with other members of the cast and crew. He had wo ...
, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show''
*
Ernest Denouement, a character in
Lemony Snicket's ''
A Series of Unfortunate Events
''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' is a series of thirteen children's novels written by American author Daniel Handler under the pen name Lemony Snicket. The books follow the turbulent lives of Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire. After th ...
''
*
Monsieur Ernest LeClerc
This is a list of all main and recurring characters of BBC television's sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' that ran from 1982 until 1992 and 85 episodes.
Overview
René Artois
René Francois Artois (Gorden Kaye) – The local café proprietor who, whi ...
, on the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!''
*
Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of ''Ernest'' films as played by
Jim Varney
James Albert Varney Jr. (June 15, 1949 – February 10, 2000) was an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his broadly comedic role as Ernest P. Worrell, for which he won a Daytime Emmy Award, as well as appearing in films and n ...
*
Ernest B. Raykes, in the film ''Cars''
* Ernest, one of the title characters of the Belgian-French francise ''
Ernest & Célestine''
*Ernest, in ''
The Swiss Family Robinson
''The Swiss Family Robinson'' (German: ''Der Schweizerische Robinson'') is a novel by Johann David Wyss, first published in 1812, about a Swiss family of immigrants whose ship en route to Port Jackson, Australia, goes off course and is shipwre ...
''
*Ernest Worthing, main character in ''
The Importance of Being Earnest
''The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People'' is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at the St James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious ...
'', a play by Oscar Wilde
*Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in
Alexandra Adornetto
Alexandra Adornetto is an Australian actress and author who writes for children and young adults. Her works include The Strangest Adventures series, the Halo trilogy and The Ghost House Saga.
Books
Adornetto's completed books are ''The Shadow T ...
's
''The Strangest Adventures'' series
*Ernest Greeves, a main character from the video game ''
Layton's Mystery Journey
''Layton's Mystery Journey: Katrielle and the Millionaires' Conspiracy'' is a puzzle video game developed and published by Level-5. It is the seventh main entry in the ''Professor Layton'' series and follows a new protagonist, Katrielle Layton. ...
'' and the associated anime ''
Layton Mystery Tanteisha: Katori no Nazotoki File''
*Ernest Bonhour, one of the main protagonist in the French animated series
The Long Long Holiday
''The Long Long Holiday (Les Grandes Grandes Vacances)'' is a French animated series broadcast in 2015 on France 3
France 3 () is a French free-to-air public television channel and part of the France Télévisions group, which also include ...
See also
*
Ern (given name) Ern is a given name and a nickname of Ernest
* Ern Baxter (1914 - 1993), Canadian Pentecostal evangelist
* Ern Condon, Canadian politician
* Ern Klauer (1870 - 1915), South African engineer, trades-unionist, and politician
* Ern Pedler (1914 - 1 ...
*
Ernst
Ernst is both a surname and a given name, the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest. Notable people with the name include:
Surname
* Adolf Ernst (1832–1899) German botanist known by the author abbreviation "Ernst"
* Anton Ernst (1975-) ...
*
Ernesto Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
*
Ernie (disambiguation) Ernie is a masculine given name. It may also refer to:
* ERNIE (Electronic Random Number Indicator Equipment), the Premium Bond computer
* ''Ernie'' (comic strip), a cartoon published in the British comic ''Eagle''
* " Ernie (The Fastest Milkman i ...
, shortened version of Ernest
*
Earnest (disambiguation)
Earnest may refer to:
People Given name
*Earnest Brown IV (born 1999), American football player
*Earnest Byner (born 1962), American football player
*Earnest Elmo Calkins (1868–1964), early advertising innovator
*Earnest Sevier Cox (1880–196 ...
{{given name
Masculine given names
English masculine given names
French masculine given names
Slovene masculine given names
Polish masculine given names
Virtue names