Name meaning & stats
Ernestine
Ernestine means “serious, resolute” (French origin). 18,480 US babies since 1940, peak 1943.
What it means
“serious, resolute”
FrenchFeminine form of Ernest
In US birth records
Peak year: 1943
18,480 US babies were named Ernestine between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ernestine (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1943)