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Earnestine - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Earnestine

[ syll. ea-(r)nes-ti-ne, ear-nest-ine ] The girl name Earnestine is pronounced -ERNahSTIYN- KEY. Earnestine is of Germanic origin and it is predominantly used in the English language. Earnestine is a variant form of the English, Italian, and Spanish Ernesta.

Earnestine is an uncommon baby name for girls. At the modest height of its usage in 1940, 0.037% of baby girls were given the name Earnestine. Its ranking then was #301. The baby name has since fallen from favor, and is used only on a very light scale today. Within all girl names in its group, Earnestine was nonetheless the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Earnestine include the English and French Ernestine, the Italian and Spanish Ernestina, and the Hungarian Ernesztina.

KEY: approx pronunciation for Earnestine: ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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