Name meaning & stats
Ernesto
Ernesto means “serious, resolute” (Spanish origin). 41,757 US babies since 1940, peak 2003.
What it means
“serious, resolute”
SpanishWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2003
41,757 US babies were named Ernesto between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ernesto (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 2003)