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Erna - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Erna

[ 2 syll. er-na, ern-a ] The girl name Erna is pronounced as ERNah KEY. Erna is mainly used in the English, German, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages. Its language of origin is English and Germanic.

Erna is a pet form of the English, Italian, and Spanish name Ernesta in the German, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages.

Erna is also a form of the English name Eartha. Erna is also a pet form of the English and French name Ernestine in the German, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages.

Erna is an uncommon baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1906, 0.038% of baby girls were given the name Erna. It had a ranking of #307 then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is today of irregular use. Within all girl names in its family, Erna was nonetheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Erna include the English Eiren, the English and Greek Eirene, the English and Irish Erin, the English Erinn, the English Erinne, the English and German Erma, the German Ermin, the English Ermine, the English and Irish Eryn, the Welsh Aeron, the Welsh Aeronwen, the Welsh Aeronwy, the English Aireen, the Tamil Aram, the English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish Irma, the English Irmen, the English Irmine, the Estonian Urmi, the English Eirena, and the Maori and English Erena.

KEY: Pronunciation for Erna: ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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