Ernestine
Ernestine is a feminine given name. Ernest is the male counterpart of this name. Notable people with the name include:Ernestine Anderson (1928–2016), American jazz and blues singer Ernestine Bayer (1909–2006), American athlete Ernestine Bazemore, American politician Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908–2006), American author Ernestine Cannon (1904–1969), American ceramicist Ernestine Carter…
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- English
Meaning & Origin of Ernestine
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ernestine is a feminine given name. Ernest is the male counterpart of this name. Notable people with the name include:Ernestine Anderson (1928–2016), American jazz and blues singer Ernestine Bayer (1909–2006), American athlete Ernestine Bazemore, American politician Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908–2006), American author Ernestine Cannon (1904–1969), American ceramicist Ernestine Carter…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- French
- German
- English
The Story of Ernestine
Ernestine first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 17 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1928: 1,057 births, good for #193 nationwide. About 22% of every Ernestine on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Ernestine last appeared in the published SSA data in 2021, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 44K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ernestine
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ernestine. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Earnestine
- Erni
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About the name Ernestine
Ernestine is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 44K births in the dataset. Ernestine's peak popularity came in 1928 when it ranked #193. Use the chart and map above to compare Ernestine's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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