# Ernestine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ernestine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ernestina |
| US babies named this | 44,191 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 159 / 44,032 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From French Ernestine. By surface analysis, Ernest + -ine (feminine suffix). Piecewise doublet of Ernestina.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 12 | 8,449 |
| 2003 | 10 | 9,899 |
| 2005 | 7 | 13,451 |
| 2006 | 5 | 18,010 |
| 2008 | 6 | 16,022 |
| 2011 | 8 | 12,526 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,276 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,396 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,276 |
| 2016 | 12 | 9,060 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,626 |
| 2018 | 5 | 16,433 |
| 2019 | 5 | 16,297 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,969 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,018 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 8 | 3,068 |
| 1930 | 9 | 2,847 |
| 1931 | 12 | 2,241 |
| 1932 | 8 | 2,932 |
| 1933 | 5 | 3,817 |
| 1934 | 7 | 3,078 |
| 1935 | 12 | 2,165 |
| 1936 | 12 | 2,097 |
| 1937 | 7 | 3,002 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,285 |
| 1940 | 7 | 2,949 |
| 1944 | 5 | 3,584 |
| 1952 | 5 | 3,897 |
| 1954 | 5 | 3,995 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,690 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ернестина
- French: Ernestine
- Polish: Ernestyna
- Spanish: Ernestina

## People named Ernestine

- Ernestine Rose, American feminist activist (1810–1892)
- Ernestine Anderson, American jazz and blues singer (1928–2016)
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink, Austrian-American singer (1861–1936)
- Ernestine von Fürth, Austrian suffragist (1877–1946)
- Lydia Becker, British activist, botanist and astronomist (1827-1890)
- Erna Morena, German actress (1885-1962)
- Misha Defonseca, Belgian writer
- Grace Hall Hemingway, American painter
- Bleuette Bernon, French actress (1878–1937)
- Hermione von Preuschen, German-born Italian painter (1854-1918)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.