Ernie
[ˈɜrni]Meaning
diminutive of Ernest
Background Story
Ernie is a masculine given name, frequently a short form of Ernest. It is a diminutive of Ernest in use in Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Germanic, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian and Lithuanian, with Ern as a variant form. It is also recorded as a short form of Ernald, Ernesto and Verner, and is formed from Ernest with the English suffix -ie.
Temperament
Variations
Ernest, Ernestine
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