Ernest

Ernest
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Germanic
Meaning	serious
Other names
Related names	Ernestine, Erna (female forms), Ernst

This article is about the given name. For the borough, see Ernest, Pennsylvania.

The name Ernest is derived from Germanic word ernst "bold, vigorous, resolute".

Ernest may refer to:

People

Ernest, Margrave of Austria (1027-1075)
Ernest, Duke of Bavaria (1373-1438)
Archduke Ernest of Austria (1553-1595), son of Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1629-1698)
Ernest Augustus I of Hanover (1771–1851), King of Hanover, son of King George III of England
Prince Ernest Augustus, 3rd Duke of Cumberland and Teviotdale (1845–1923)
Ernest Augustus, Prince of Hanover (1914–1987)
Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (born 1954)
Prince Ernst August of Hanover (born 1983)
Ernest Benach i Pascual (born 1959), former President of the Catalonian Parliament
Ernest Bevin (1881-1951), British Labour Politician
Ernest Borgnine (1917–2012), American actor
Ernest Haycox (1899–1950), American writer of westerns
Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961), American writer
Ernest Lluch (1937–2000), Catalan-Spanish politician
Ernest Millington (1916–2009), British politician
Charles Ernest Moody (1891–1977), American gospel song writer and performer
Ernest O. Lawrence (1901–1958), American physicist
Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937), chemist
Ernest Shackleton (1874–1922), British explorer
Ernest de Silva (1887–1957), Sri Lankan philanthropist
Ernest Spybuck, (1883–1949) American Indian autoethnographer
Ernest Troubridge (1862–1926), British naval officer
Ernest Tubb (1914–1984), American singer and songwriter of country music
Ernest Veuve (1843–1916), American Civil War soldier

Ernest T. Bass, character in the American TV sitcom The Andy Griffith Show
Ernest Denouement, a character in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events
Ernest LeClerc, a character in the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo!
Ernest P. Worrell, main comic character of the series of Ernest films
Ernest B. Raykes, character in the film Cars
Ernest, character 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 The Strangest Adventures series.