Message: "Ernest" - Behind the Name

[Opinions] Ernest

by Tuesday (trayc53)

7/20/2009, 10:02 AM

I'm having a thing with male E names lately I think! What do y'all think of Ernest? It's an important family name of my boyfriend and it's really starting to grow on me. It gives me a very warm and welcoming vibe. What do you think?

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- Jasmine (nsi) (guest)

7/21/2009, 5:14 AM

Just makes me think of this guy --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_P._Worrell.

I don't like it at all. However, The Importance of Being Earnest makes the name kind of interesting.

- LuzDeTuVida +1

7/20/2009, 7:40 PM

LOVE Ernest. HATE Ernie.

- NobodyOfConsequence

7/21/2009, 3:54 AM

Totally agree

- Pink Princess

7/20/2009, 6:10 PM

Love it! I know a guy with this name, but he always just gets called Ernie.

- lac

7/20/2009, 1:15 PM

I used to like Ernest a great deal, but I've come to see it as nerdy and I suspect most people think of the comedy character when they hear this name. I can't imagine a little boy wanting to be named Ernest.

- Ailis

7/20/2009, 12:44 PM

I'm not sure about this name. It's okay , but it does sound old-fashioned, I don't like the long schwa sound in the first syllable. I much prefer the form Ernesto. (It was Che Guevara's real name!)

- Anthroponomastics

7/20/2009, 12:15 PM

I love Ernest. I don't understand why it's not used more. But I hate the spelling Earnest...that ruins it.
Erna, a German diminutive of Ernestine, is a family name of mine.
Ernest sounds like it belongs too a serious, kind, very polite young man.

- blaaarg +1

7/20/2009, 11:29 AM

I agree, it is great and also very warm and welcoming. It reminds me of Eustace, which I have been into a little lately.

- Wordsmith

7/20/2009, 8:17 PM

ZOMGZ! I love Eustace.

- Wordsmith

7/20/2009, 10:59 AM

I love Ernest! The name sounds so handsome and chivalric to me.

May I compose some combinations?

Ernest Amaury
Ernest Apollo
Ernest Byron
Ernest Camillo
Ernest Clive
Ernest Clyde
Ernest Emil
Ernest Emile
Ernest Emilio
Ernest Fidel
Ernest Florian
Ernest Frederic
Ernest Frederick
Ernest Gabriel
Ernest Gavriil
Ernest Gawain
Ernest Giorgio
Ernest Henry
Ernest Hugh
Ernest Hugo
Ernest Humphrey
Ernest Ivo
Ernest Jerome
Ernest Jethro
Ernest Julian
Ernest Julio
Ernest Lemuel
Ernest Leo

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- TheDreadedSockMonkey

7/20/2009, 10:37 AM

Frankly, I think it's too old-fashioned. I can't picture a little Ernest running around the daycare (though Ernie would be a cute NN).

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