Ernestine Forename

7,317th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 143,270 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Austria

Ernestine Forename Definition:

A female name. f. form of Ernest (q.v.), occasionally used in the 19th C.

Ernestine Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States
100%
41,4521:8,7461,001
DR Congo
 
99%
35,6011:2,074342
Cameroon
100%
23,2211:931175
Austria
100%
13,1731:646150
Madagascar
100%
8,4641:2,792643
Rwanda
100%
7,0101:1,622343
Germany
100%
4,6331:20,867941
Chad
100%
1,2361:11,0021,722
Ghana
100%
1,2361:21,8341,594
France
100%
7131:93,2262,121
Benin
100%
6611:16,0001,855
Burkina Faso
100%
6021:30,5312,451
South Africa
100%
5271:103,4788,296
Canada
100%
4261:77,7784,366
Senegal
 
98%
3711:39,3031,756
Netherlands
100%
3411:49,5663,397
Gabon
100%
3211:5,8671,120
England
100%
3051:182,3055,553
Ivory Coast
100%
2631:87,7415,539
Philippines
 
92%
2561:414,10014,659
Bahamas-2481:1,610380
Belgium
100%
2071:55,5072,590
Liberia
100%
2011:21,9511,497
Namibia-1811:13,2831,442
Nigeria
100%
1691:1,050,67725,842
Indonesia-1531:1,686,03790,646
Jamaica-1101:26,2111,928
Guyana
100%
1041:7,3391,208
Switzerland
100%
981:83,8112,871
Congo
100%
821:61,0884,382
Israel
 
82%
661:127,3174,908
Antigua and Barbuda-581:1,714364
Barbados-581:4,996767
Sierra Leone-491:144,667358
United States Virgin Islands-491:2,240453
Brazil
100%
481:4,463,25372,448
Luxembourg
100%
391:14,4631,024
Burundi
100%
361:275,182656
India
100%
361:33,746,610665,083
Saint Kitts and Nevis
100%
361:1,524357
Latvia
100%
341:59,2841,483
Belize
100%
261:13,6271,804
Sweden
100%
251:394,31610,934
French Polynesia-221:12,6321,507
Trinidad and Tobago
100%
191:71,6545,624
New Zealand-181:252,0027,674
Papua New Guinea
 
91%
181:452,90634,619
Zimbabwe
100%
181:856,87931,986
Uganda
100%
171:2,409,23129,243
Australia-151:910,50811,282
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
151:7,4391,138
Scotland
100%
141:382,1695,277
Czechia-131:819,7053,136
Malaysia
 
91%
121:2,537,49569,200
Wales
100%
101:309,4314,737
British Virgin Islands-81:3,906755
Italy
100%
81:7,632,76127,464
Haiti-71:1,532,42218,706
Bermuda-61:10,8041,174
China-61:227,675,96474,319
Grenada
100%
61:18,0211,808
Cayman Islands-51:12,2601,512
Guinea-51:2,371,7294,683
Romania-51:4,010,39528,162
Denmark-41:1,412,37415,217
Dominican Republic-41:2,607,81819,206
New Caledonia
100%
41:67,5412,087
Pakistan
100%
41:48,589,420158,924
Saint Lucia
 
67%
41:44,4543,465
Seychelles
100%
41:23,1681,192
Singapore
100%
41:1,571,76418,508
Thailand
100%
41:17,516,453200,944
Togo-41:1,809,8105,654
Zambia-41:3,963,69831,018
Cook Islands-31:6,051772
Marshall Islands
100%
31:17,0772,297
Norway-31:1,710,77619,445
United Arab Emirates-31:2,383,99875,650
Ireland
100%
21:2,321,7608,894
Finland
100%
21:2,741,59219,235
Hong Kong-21:3,876,36213,851
Kenya
 
50%
21:23,153,55556,680
Mexico
100%
21:62,072,21496,650
Taiwan
100%
21:11,884,841132,786
Venezuela
100%
21:15,100,946147,145
Northern Ireland
100%
11:1,843,1463,737
American Samoa-11:55,8453,376
Anguilla-11:13,2551,687
Argentina-11:42,773,24343,333
Bahrain-11:1,348,6737,854
Bangladesh-11:159,461,36636,167
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Botswana-11:2,184,44921,741
Dominica-11:75,4711,341
Ethiopia-11:97,560,13329,608
Georgia-11:3,738,46629,095
Greece-11:10,934,54822,228
Guam-11:160,6463,210
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jersey-11:99,9802,122
Lesotho-11:2,039,99747,971
Malawi-11:17,112,31024,110
Mali
100%
11:16,977,7558,714
Montserrat-11:4,876752
Morocco-11:34,348,63618,260
Myanmar-11:51,948,2733,226
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Qatar-11:2,369,60559,530
Russia-11:144,233,704184,271
Saint Martin-11:35,746277
Saudi Arabia-11:30,812,56527,537
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Spain-11:46,529,96535,592
Sudan-11:37,806,97510,689
Turkey
100%
11:77,801,70991,051
Turks and Caicos Islands-11:34,7071,398
Vanuatu-11:261,7921,604

The alternate forms: Ernestīne (1) are calculated separately.

Ernestine (3,664) may also be a surname.

Ernestine Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

A female name. f. form of Ernest (q.v.), occasionally used in the 19th C.

The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe

A melodious f. derivative from the preceding. Originally Ger., in which language, as in French after it, -ine is a very common f. suffix, probably from Latin -ina, the diminutive of -a.

Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A female name formed from Ernest.

Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

Teutonic (feminine) - Earnest-minded.

What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody

A Teutonic name, meaning: Token of the eagle. (Anglo­Saxon) Earnest: intent.

Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead

Ernestine Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

ForenameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Ernestīne961/
Earnestine9511,041/
Hernestine952,574/
Eurnestine95112/
Ernestiene9522/
Erniestine9512/
Ernesteine959/
Ernesttine956/
Ernestiner955/
Ernestinea954/
Ernestines954/
Ernesthine953/
Ernestinee953/
Ernnestine952/
Jernestine952/
Esrnestine951/
Erneastine951/
Ernesdtine951/
Ernestaine951/
Ernestinie951/
Ernestoine951/
Ernezstine951/
Aernestine951/
Iernestine951/
Ernetine9436/
Earnestinee9010/
Earnestined904/
Heurnestine904/
Earnestinep903/
Earnestines903/
Earenestine902/
Earnestiene902/
Earnestinea902/
Earnesteine901/
Earnestijne901/
Earnestineh901/
Earnestinej901/
Earnestiner901/
Earnestineu901/
Earnestiney901/
Earnesttine901/
Earniestine901/
Hernesthine901/
Hernesttine901/
Ernistine89243/
Ernestene89146/
Arnestine89136/
Ernestyne8975/
Ernastine8966/
Ernestein8920/
Earnetine8912/
Ernestini8911/
Ernestane893/
Ernostine893/
Hernetine892/
Irnestine892/
Erneetine891/
Ernestain891/
Ernestune891/
Earnistine8495/
Earnestene8452/
Earnestyne8425/
Ernesteene8414/
Earnastine8411/
Erniestene843/
Earnostine842/
Ernestinha842/
Earnestane841/
Ernestinio841/
Hernestune841/
Hernistine841/
Ernestiena841/
Ernesteina841/
Ernesthyne841/
Ernestiino841/
Ernetyne824/
Ernitine821/
Earnesteene805/
Earnestiena801/
Ernestína78784/
Ernestean7819/
Ernestena7814/
Ernistene788/
Ernestýna784/
Ernistein783/
Arnistine782/
Ernystene782/
Earnetene781/
Ernastene781/
Ernestgen781/
Irnestyne781/
Ornastine781/
Earnestean7430/
Earnistene743/
Ernesteena742/
Earnesthen742/
Ernesztína742/
Earnestena741/
Erniestean741/
Ernistaina741/
Ernistiena741/
Ernistena673/
Ornastene671/
Irnistene671/

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