Ernst

Where Ernst comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Ernst.

Ernst through the years
  1. 1834
    Ernst Haeckel born
    German zoologist
  2. 1838
    Ernst Mach born
    Austrian physicist
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #640 among boys, with 9 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1885
    Peak, #411
    19 babies named Ernst, its best rank.
  5. 1886
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #694.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Ernst Haeckel · German zoologist, 1834–1919
  • Ernst Mach · Austrian physicist, 1838–1916
  • Ernst Ruska · German physicist, 1906–1988
  • Ernst Ludwig Kirchner · German painter, sculptor, engraver and printmaker, 1880–1938
  • Ernst Jünger · German writer, 1895–1998

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.