Ernesta

Where Ernesta comes from

From Italian Ernesta. By surface analysis, Ernest + -a.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ernesta
  • Italian
  • Vowel-ended
Ernesta through the years
  1. 1915
    Debut at its peak, #2,384
    #2,384 among girls with 12 babies in the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1919
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Ernest.
Namesakes

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