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What does Ernie mean?
Ernie 
▼ as a name for boys is of Old German origin, and the name Ernie means "serious business; battle to the death". Ernie is a version of Ernest (Old German): from the word eornost.
STARTS WITH Er-
ASSOCIATED WITH battle (war)
Variations
VARIANT Erno
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA ERNEST Ern, Ernst▼
CREATIVE FORMS(male) Eanie, ..
(female) Erei, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ernie Brogan (E.B.), ..
How popular is Ernie?
Ernie is a very prominent first name for men (#560 out of 1220, Top 46%) but an unusual last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Ernie reached its top position of #373 in the U.S. in the 1940s, but is not listed currently. (2018 U.S. SSA RECORDS)
Which version is better?
Ernest (#978 IN 2018) and Ernst are the popular variation forms of Ernie appearing in the Top 2000. Adoption of these forms of Ernie was at its peak during 1890-1899 (ADOPTION OF 0.7%) and has become much lower since.
Similar Names
Ernie▼ is pronounced similarly to Arnau, Arney, Arni, Arnie, Arno, Arnoe, Arnou, Arnow, Arnowe and Arny. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ardie, Arie, Arlie▼, Artie▼, Arvie, Barnie, Bernie▼, Birnie, Burnie, Danie, Earlie, Ebbie, Eddie▼, Eirnin, Elie, Enis, Enne, Ennio, Ennis, Eri, Eric▼, Erie, Erik▼, Erin▼, Eriq, Erix, Erki, Erle, Erlie, Ermin, Ernan, Ernin, Erric, Erve, Ervin▼, Ervine, Erwin▼, Eryle and Tonie. These names tend to be less frequently used than Ernie.
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