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Ernest

Male#772 most common in Croatia456 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Serious, resolute
Origin:
Germanic

About the name Ernest

Germanic name from 'eornost' (seriousness, vigour).

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
January 12

Popularity with newborns

Ernest has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

456 people in Croatia are called Ernest, according to the 2021 census. That is #772 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Ernest is recorded in 14 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Bjelovarsko-bilogorskaGrad ZagrebIstarskaKoprivničko-križevačkaKrapinsko-zagorskaOsječko-baranjskaPrimorsko-goranskaSisačko-moslavačkaSplitsko-dalmatinskaVaraždinskaVirovitičko-podravskaZadarskaZagrebačkaŠibensko-kninska

Characteristics

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Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.