Comments for the name Ernest

Ernest Howard Shepard (E.H. Shepard) was a British artist and book illustrator. He was known especially for his illustrations for The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame and Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne.

Ernest Lehman was a successful screenwriter in Hollywood. He received 6 Academy Award nominations during his screenwriting career. In 2001 he received an honorary Oscar for his works, the first screenwriter to receive that honor.

Ernest P. Worrell was a hapless misfit in different movies including "Ernest Goes to Camp." He was played by Jim Varney.

Ernest Hemingway was a famous author who won the Nobel Prize.

Also a masculine name in Slovenia. [noted -ed]

I don't like the way this name sounds. I can't really put a word to it except for the fact that I don't like it.

Very old-fashioned. I would burst out laughing if I heard a parent shout: ''Ernest, we have to leave!'' The name sounds quite awkward with the two schwa sounds and all. Besides, I hate any Oscar Wilde association. I have never read a single play by him, but I know the guy was rather unlikeable.

I really dislike how this name sounds, and it also reminds me of this one book I read when I was little.

Wilde's use of the name was very intentionally ironic. The name "Ernest" was a code-word meaning "homosexual" when he wrote the play, i.e. "Is he Ernest?"

I love the play, and the name is likeable enough.

I rather like the name Ernest, but I *hate* the nickname Ernie, with a passion. So that pretty much prevents me from ever using it.

Ernest is occasionally used in Croatia.

In The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch, this is the second name of Max-Ernest, the leading male character.

For some reason I really like this name. O.0 hehe. I wouldn't use it though.

Ernest is also used in Poland, where it has at least four name days. [noted -ed]

Ernest Augustus was the son of King George III of the UK and his wife Charlotte. He later became King of Hanover, Germany. His great-great-great-grandchild is the current Head of the House Hanover, he has the german version of the name "Ernst August".