Given name
Ernèst
“serious”
Ernèst is a given name from German. It is used in Occitan.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ernèst goes back to German Ernst, meaning “serious.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Ernèst’s family of names
In Occitan usage, Ernèst has a conventional equivalent in the French form Ernest.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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