Girl name#585 of girl names
Ernestine
Pronounced ER1 N IH0 S T IY2 N (ARPABET)
- 3 syllables
- Peaked 1928
- 142 years in use
How popular is Ernestine?
Ernestine is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 44,191 children — the 585th most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 66 births across the past decade, against a peak of 1,057 in a single year. That peak was in 1928.
Characteristics
- 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- ER1 N IH0 S T IY2 N
- Stress pattern:
- 102
- Syllables:
- 3
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Ernestine
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Ernestine
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Ernestine?
- Ernestine ranks 585th among girls' names in US records, with 44,191 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 66.
- Is Ernestine a unisex name?
- No. Ernestine is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Ernestine most popular?
- 1928, when 1,057 children were given the name. It has been in use for 142 years and is still recorded as of 2024.