Earnest name - Meaning of Earnest

Earnest name - Meaning of Earnest

Gender

Masculine

Lucky Number

1

Usage

English, Germanic

Pronounced

UR-nəst

Earnest Meaning

Variant of Ernest influenced by the spelling of the English word earnest. Earnest is a variant of Ernest. Ernest originates in Germanic languages and means "serious minded". The variant Earnest was popularized by Oscar Wilde in his play The Importance of Being Earnest.

Earnest Related Names
Diminutives: Ern, Ernie
Feminine Forms: Earnestine, Ernestine
Other Languages: Ernust (Ancient Germanic), Ernst (Dutch), Erno (Finnish), Ernest (French), Ernst (German), Ernő (Hungarian), Ernesto (Italian), Ernest (Polish), Ernesto (Portuguese), Ernest (Slovene), Ernesto (Spanish)

Earnest Celebrities
Earnest Byner - football player, Earnest Gray - football player, Earnest Jackson - football player,