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Meaning of the nameErnesto

Ernesto is a male name of Germanic origin, taken from the German Ernst, which goes back to the Old High German ernust, 'serious, sincere'.

Meaning

“serious, sincere”

Source: Wiktionary: Ernst · Behind the Name: Ernest

People (2022)
15,776
Rank in Brazil
#1,250
Median age
60 years
2010 Census
22,062
people

Ernesto in the 2022 Census

People with the first name Ernesto, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1950s (3,510 people).

43 women 15,733 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 Ernesto is most common

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

  1. Rio Grande do Sul 0.019%
  2. Santa Catarina 0.015%
  3. Paraná 0.013%
  4. Mato Grosso do Sul 0.010%
  5. São Paulo 0.009%
All states
StatePeople% of population
São Paulo3,8240.009%
Rio Grande do Sul2,0530.019%
Paraná1,5180.013%
Santa Catarina1,1260.015%
Rio de Janeiro1,1190.007%
Minas Gerais1,0600.005%
Bahia9750.007%
Pernambuco4290.005%
Pará4170.005%
Ceará3740.004%
Goiás3240.005%
Amazonas2990.008%
Espírito Santo2900.008%
Mato Grosso2900.008%
Mato Grosso do Sul2840.010%
Maranhão2330.003%
Distrito Federal2010.007%
Piauí1900.006%
Paraíba1520.004%
Rondônia1100.007%
Alagoas1020.003%
Rio Grande do Norte970.003%
Sergipe910.004%
Roraima850.013%
Tocantins740.005%
Amapá310.004%
Acre280.003%

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

About the name Ernesto

Wiktionary records Ernesto in Portuguese as a borrowing from the German Ernst, a name it links to the Old High German ernust, 'seriousness; vigor, struggle'. Behind the Name gives Ernesto as the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ernest, derived from ernust, 'serious, sincere'. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Hernesto, with an initial H, as a spelling variant. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 15,776 people named Ernesto, with a median age of 60; the name is almost always male and proportionally it is most common in Rio Grande do Sul.

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: Ernesto · en.wiktionary.org · origin
  2. Wiktionary: Ernst · en.wiktionary.org · meaning
  3. Behind the Name: Ernest · behindthename.com · meaning
  4. Behind the Name: Ernesto · behindthename.com · origin
  5. Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Ernesto · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling

Questions about the name Ernesto

What does the name Ernesto mean?

Ernesto means “serious, sincere”, according to Wiktionary and Behind the Name.

How many people are named Ernesto in Brazil?

IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 15,776 people with the first name Ernesto, which ranks it number 1,250 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1950s.

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

Ernesto is a male name: in the 2022 Census, 43 women and 15,733 men had this name.

What is the origin of the name Ernesto?

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

In which Brazilian state is Ernesto most common?

Proportionally, in Rio Grande do Sul: 0.019% of the state's population is named Ernesto (2,053 people), according to the 2022 Census.

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