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Ernst

German, Dutch and Scandinavian form of Ernest.

PronunciationGerman /ˈɛʁnst/; Dutch /ˈɛrnst/; Danish /ˈænsd/
Usage languagesDanish, Dutch, German, Norwegian, Swedish
US rank (2021)#12,146

Meaning and history

Ernst is the German, Dutch, and Scandinavian form of Ernest.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20022002: no US SSA record for this spelling
2003: no US SSA record for this spelling
2004: no US SSA record for this spelling
2005: no US SSA record for this spelling
2006: 7 births, rank #9,585
20072007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: 8 births, rank #9,019
2009: 5 births, rank #12,491
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
2011: 6 births, rank #10,808
20122012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 7 births, rank #9,655
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #10,644
2016: 6 births, rank #10,744
20172017: no US SSA record for this spelling
2018: 5 births, rank #12,156
2019: no US SSA record for this spelling
2020: no US SSA record for this spelling
20212021: 5 births, rank #12,146

Ernst moved from #904 to #940 for boys between 1918 and 1919. Its highest annual birth count came in 1917, with 59 births.

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