# Ernő (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/erno/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930 | 5 | 4,178 |

## People named Ernő

- Ernő Gerő, former First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
- Ernő Nagy, fencer (1898-1977)
- Ernő Kolczonay, fencer (1953–2009)
- Erno Paasilinna, Finnish writer and journalist (1935–2000)
- Ernő Noskó, football player
- Ernő Verebes, American actor (1902–1971)
- Ernö Rapée, American conductor and composer (1891–1945)
- Ernő Osvát, (1877-1929) periodical editor, writer
- Ernő Schubert, Bulgarian sprinter and long jumper
- Ernő Schwarz, association footballer (1902–1977)
- Ernő Metzner, German film director (1892–1953)
- Robert Capa, American photographer (1913–1954)

## 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.