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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 fa ...

derived from Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious". Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:

People

Archduke Ernest of Austria Archduke Ernest of Austria (german: Ernst von Österreich; 15 June 1553 – 20 February 1595) was an Austrian prince, the son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Maria of Spain. Biography Born in Vienna, he was educated with his brothe ...

(1553–1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor *

Ernest, Margrave of Austria Ernest (german: Ernst, 1027 – 10 June 1075), known as Ernest the Brave (''Ernst der Tapfere''), was the Margrave of Austria from 1055 to his death in 1075. He was a member of the House of Babenberg.Lingelbach 1913, p. 90. Biography He was born t ...

(1027–1075) * Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373–1438) *

Ernest, Duke of Opava Ernest of Opava (german: Ernst von Troppau; cz, Arnošt Opavský; – 1464) was a member of the Opava branch of the Přemyslid dynasty. He was Duke of Duchy of Opava, Opava (german: Troppau) from 1433 to 1461 and Duke of Duchy of Münsterbe ...

(c. 1415–1464) * Ernest, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (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 (1629–1698) * Ernest, Count of Stolberg-Ilsenburg (1650–1710) *

Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover Ernest Augustus (german: Ernst August; 5 June 177118 November 1851) was King of Hanover from 20 June 1837 until his death in 1851. As the fifth son of King George III of the United Kingdom and Hanover, he initially seemed unlikely to become a m ...

(1771–1851), son of King George III of Great Britain *Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818–1893), sovereign duke of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha *Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover (1845–1923) *Ernest, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1846–1925) *Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987) *Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1954) *Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983), Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983) *Saint Ernest (died 1148), German abbot *Ernest Adams (disambiguation) *Ernie Anderson (1923–1997), American radio and television announcer *Ernie Banks (1931–2015), American baseball player *Ernest Benach (born 1959), President of the Catalan parliament *Ernest Bevin (1881–1951), British Labour politician *Ernest Bohr (1924–2018), Danish lawyer, former barrister, and field hockey player *Ernest Broșteanu (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) (born 1929), English footballer *Ernie Bond (politician) (1897–1984), Australian politician *Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor *Ernie Calloway (born 1948), American football player *Ernie Cooksey (1980–2008), English footballer *Ernest Corea (1932–2017), Sri Lankan Sinhala journalist, List of ambassadors of Sri Lanka to the United States, Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States from 1981-1986 *Ernie Cox (1894–1962), Canadian football player *Ernest Daltroff (1867–1941), French perfumer, and founder of Parfums Caron *Ernie DiGregorio (born 1951), American basketball player *Ernest Duff (1931-2016), American businessman, lawyer and Mormon bishop *Ernie Els (born 1969), South African golfer *Ernest Evans (cricketer) (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 (born 1952), American physician and politician, 60th Governor of Kentucky *Tennessee Ernie Ford (1919–1991), American country singer *Ernest Gold (composer) (1921–1999), American composer *Ernest Gold (meteorologist) (1881–1976), British meteorologist *Ernest Gjoka (born 1970), Albanian football coach *Ernie Green (born 1938), American football player *Ernesto "Che" Guevara (1928-1967), Argentine physician, author and Marxist revolutionary *Ernie Harwell (1918–2010), American baseball broadcaster *Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of Westerns *Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer *Ernest George Horlock (1885–1917), English recipient of the Victoria Cross *E. W. Hornung (1866–1921), English author and poet *Ernie Hughes (born 1955), American football player *Ernie Isley (born 1952), American musician, the Isley Brothers *Ernest Jones (disambiguation), multiple people *Ernest Juvara (1870–1933), Romanian physician *Ernest Koliqi (1903–1975), Albanian writer *Ernie Kovacs (1919–1962), American comedian, actor and writer *Ernest Krausz (1931–2018), Israeli professor of sociology and President at Bar Ilan University *Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958), American nuclear scientist *Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician *Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician *Ernie Morgan (1927–2013), English football player and manager *Ernie Nordli (1912–1968), American animation artist and graphic designer *Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist *Ernest Perera (1932-2013, Inspector General of Police (Sri Lanka), Inspector-General of Sri Lanka Police from 1988-1993 *Ernie Phythian (1942–2020), English footballer *E. V. Pieris, Ernest Victor Pieris (1926-1991), Sri Lankan Sinhala physician, medical educator, cricketer, and rugby union player *Ernest Poruthota (1931–2020), Sri Lankan Sinhala Roman Catholic priest and author *Ernest Prakasa (born 1982), Indonesian comedian, stand up performer, writer, and actor *Ernie Price (English footballer), Ernie Price (1926–2013), English footballer *Ernst Reuter (1889–1953), German politician and mayor of Berlin *Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), New Zealand chemist and nuclear physicist *Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), Anglo-Irish explorer *Ernest de Silva (1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist *Ernest (musician) (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 (1862–1926), British naval officer *Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), American country music singer and songwriter *Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier *Ernest Vinberg (born 1937), Russian mathematician *Ernest Walker (disambiguation) *Ernest Walton (1903–1995), Irish physicist and Nobel laureate *Ernie Watts (born 1945), American saxophonist *Ernie Watts (Small Heath footballer), English footballer *Ernie Watts (footballer, born 1872) (1872–1???), English footballer *Ernie Wise (1925–1999), stage name of English comedian Ernest Wiseman (1925–1999), Morecambe and Wise *Ernie Zalejski (1925–2012), American football player

Fictional characters

*Ernest T. Bass, a recurring character on the American TV sitcom ''The Andy Griffith Show'' *V.F.D. members#Frank and Ernest Denouement, Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket, Lemony Snicket's ''A Series of Unfortunate Events'' *Monsieur Ernest LeClerc, on the BBC sitcom Allo 'Allo!'' *Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of ''Ernest'' films as played by Jim Varney *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'' *Ernest Worthing, main character in ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', a play by Oscar Wilde *Ernest Perriclof, one of the main characters in Alexandra Adornetto's Alexandra Adornetto#The Strangest Adventures, ''The Strangest Adventures'' series *Ernest Greeves, a main character from the video game ''Layton's Mystery Journey'' 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

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