Given name & surname

Ernani

Ernani is a masculine given name from French. It is used in Italian and Portuguese.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Ernani comes from French.

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How it developed

From French Hernani.

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Ernani’s family of names

In Portuguese usage, Ernani has a related form in Hernâni.

Walk Ernani’s family in the name graph

ErnaniErnâniHernâniHernane

Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 1

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Sibling ideas

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