Ernesto, form of the name
Ernest
Ernest is a given name derived from the Germanic languages, Germanic word ''ernst'', meaning "serious", often shortened to Ernie.
Notable people and fictional characters with the name include:
People
*Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553–1595), ...
in several
Romance language
The Romance languages, also known as the Latin or Neo-Latin languages, are the languages that are Language family, directly descended from Vulgar Latin. They are the only extant subgroup of the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-E ...
s, may refer to:
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''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
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''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely based on the novel
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Hurricane Ernesto (disambiguation) The name Ernesto has been used for eight tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean.
* Tropical Storm Ernesto (1982) – formed southwest of Bermuda and dissipated without threatening land
* Tropical Storm Ernesto (1988) – formed east of Bermuda a ...
, several hurricanes or
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Ernesto (footballer)
Ernesto da Conceição Soares (born 5 October 1979), simply known as Ernesto, is a Portuguese-born Cape Verdean footballer who plays as goalkeeper for Mozambican Moçambola side Vilankulo.
In the summer of 2009, he signed for A.D. Carregado, ...
(born 1979), Ernesto da Conceição Soares, Cape Verdean footballer
People
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Ernesto Abella
Ernesto "Ernie" Corpus Abella (born March 22, 1950) is a Filipino businessman, writer and former evangelist who served in the Duterte administration as Presidential Spokesperson (2016–2017) and Undersecretary for Strategic Communications an ...
, Filipino businessman, politician, and writer
*Ernesto Agard (born 1937), Panamanian basketball player
*Ernesto Aguero (born 1969), Cuban weightlifter
*Ernesto Alonso (1917–2007), Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer
*Ernesto Amantegui Phumipha (born 1990), Thai footballer
*Ernesto Basile (1857–1932), Italian architect
*Ernesto Cesàro (1859–1906), Italian mathematician
*Ernesto De Curtis (1875–1937), Italian composer
*Ernesto Farías (born 1980), Argentine footballer
*Ernesto Figueiredo (born 1937), also known as "Ernesto", Portuguese footballer
*Ernesto García (1884-1955), Mexican soldier and politician
*Che Guevara, Ernesto Guevara de la Serna (1928–1967), also known as "El Che" or "Che Guevara"
*Ernesto Geisel (1908–1996), Brazilian president
*Ernesto Kohler (1849–1907), flautist and composer
*Ernesto Lecuona (1895–1963), Cuban musician
*Ernesto Mejía (baseball), Ernesto Mejía (born 1985), Venezuelan professional baseball player
*Ernesto Maserati (1898–1975), Italian automotive engineer and racer
*Ernesto Michel (born 1970), Argentine basketball player
*Ernesto Miranda (1941–1976), American criminal
*Ernesto Nathan (1848–1921), English-Italian politician
*Ernesto Oglivie (born 1992), Panamaian basketball player
*Ernesto Pérez d'Angelo (1932–2013), Chilean paleontologist
*Ernesto Purnsley, American football coach
*Ernesto Samper (born 1950), President of Colombia from 1994 to 1998
*Ernesto Ruffo Appel (born 1952), American-born Mexican politician
*Ernesto Rodríguez (born 1969), Argentine-Spanish volleyball player
*Ernesto Sabato (1911–2011), Argentine writer
*Ernesto Valverde (born 1964), Spanish footballer and coach
*Ernesto Zedillo, Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de León (born 1951), President of Mexico from 1994 to 2000
Fictional characters
* a character in the Donizetti opera ''Don Pasquale''
* a sphere-shaped robot in the American animated series ''OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes''
* a character called Uncle Ernesto in the ''Wizards of Waverly Place'', a fantasy sitcom
* a character called Ernesto de la Cruz in the 2017 Pixar animated film ''Coco (2017 film), Coco''
* Ernesto (Better Call Saul), Ernesto (''Better Call Saul''), a fictional character in the TV series ''Better Call Saul''
* Ernesto Almares, a character in ''Almost Paradise (TV series), Almost Paradise''
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