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The boy's name Earnest \e(a)-rne-st, ear-nest\ is a variant of Ernest (Old German), and the meaning of Earnest is "serious; battle to the death".

The baby name Earnest sounds like Ernst and Ernesto. Other similar baby names are Ernestus, Barnes, Barnett, Barnet, Garnett and Garnet.

Earnest is a very common first name for men (#380 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#4754 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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