Ernesto
[ɛrˈnɛstoʊ]Meaning
Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ernest
Background Story
Ernesto is the Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Ernest, from the Germanic root ernust. It is also used in Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Latvian and Lithuanian, and its feminine forms are Ernesta and Ernestina. The Cebuano Ernesto comes from the Spanish name, and the Esperanto Ernesto comes from the German Ernst.
Temperament
Variations
Ernest, Ernesto, Ernie
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