Ernestine
ER-nes-teen
Letters
9
Syllables
3
Origin
Germanic
Total Births
44,191
Peak Year
#1,067 in 1928
First Recorded
1880
Style
Vintage, Strong & Bold
Spelling
Moderate spelling
What It Means
Ernestine is a feminine form of Ernest, meaning 'serious' or 'battle to the death' from the Germanic element 'eornost'.
Numerology
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Famous Namesakes
Ernestine Anderson
American jazz and blues singer.
Ernestine Rose
Polish-American suffragist and abolitionist.
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