Meaning of the nameErnestina

Female
Germanic origin
Er-nes-ti-na

Ernestina is a female name of Germanic origin, the feminine form of Ernesto, which comes from Old High German ernust, 'serious'.

Meaning

“feminine form of Ernesto, from Germanic ernust, 'serious'”

Source: Behind the Name: Ernestina · Behind the Name: Ernest

People (2022): 5,286
Rank in Brazil: #2,637
Median age: 70 years
2010 Census: 9,340; people

Ernestina in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ernestina, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1940s (1,284 people).

5,268 women 0 men

Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.

Where the name Ernestina is most common

States with the highest share of people named Ernestina in the population, in the 2022 Census.

Rio Grande do Sul 0.005%
Mato Grosso do Sul 0.004%
Bahia 0.004%
Paraná 0.004%
Piauí 0.004%

All states

State	People	% of population
São Paulo	1,113	0.003%
Minas Gerais	720	0.004%
Bahia	540	0.004%
Rio Grande do Sul	490	0.005%
Paraná	426	0.004%
Rio de Janeiro	292	0.002%
Santa Catarina	240	0.003%
Goiás	185	0.003%
Pernambuco	176	0.002%
Ceará	134	0.002%
Piauí	119	0.004%
Mato Grosso do Sul	115	0.004%
Pará	112	0.001%
Maranhão	98	0.001%
Espírito Santo	80	0.002%
Mato Grosso	78	0.002%
Amazonas	67	0.002%
Distrito Federal	56	0.002%
Paraíba	42	0.001%
Rio Grande do Norte	36	0.001%
Alagoas	35	0.001%
Rondônia	34	0.002%
Sergipe	33	0.002%
Tocantins	31	0.002%

States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.

About the name Ernestina

Behind the Name presents Ernestina as the feminine form of Ernest in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese, a language in which the masculine is Ernesto. Ernest, according to the same source, comes from Old High German ernust, 'serious, sincere'. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 5,286 people named Ernestina, with a median age of 70. The name is almost always female, most frequent among women born before 1960 and, proportionally, most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

Behind the Name: Ernestina · behindthename.com · meaning
Behind the Name: Ernest · behindthename.com · meaning
Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ernestina · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ernestina

What does the name Ernestina mean?

Ernestina means “feminine form of Ernesto, from Germanic ernust, 'serious'”, according to Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ernestina in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 5,286 people with the first name Ernestina, which ranks it number 2,637 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1940s.

Is Ernestina a boy's or a girl's name?

Ernestina is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 5,268 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).

What is the origin of the name Ernestina?

Ernestina is a name of Germanic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.

In which Brazilian state is Ernestina most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.005% of the state's population is named Ernestina (490 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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