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Earnest

boy name · Germanic origin · 2 syllables

Meaning

variant of Ernest, 'serious, resolute'

Popularity, 1890–2024

peak 1890s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Earnest peaked in the 1890s.

Names that fit alongside Earnest

Ernest William Henry Robert Richard Edward

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