Erñesto
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Erñesto is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Philippines than in any other country, where it is the 81st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From Spanish Ernesto, from German Ernst.
- PHPhilippines≈1 in 433(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina≈1 in 563
- SVEl Salvador≈1 in 733
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Erñesto itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Philippines (inferred from the name graph)
- #482 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 457 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 433 (inferred from the name graph)
≈250,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Philippines, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Ernesto in AR Argentina, US United States, SV El Salvador and 4 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
- SpanishErnesto(measured from records)
- GermanErnst(measured from records)
From Spanish Ernesto, from German Ernst.
Sources 7
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Wiktionary
- Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios
- Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
- Nomi e Cognomi: Saggio di ricerche etimologiche e storiche
Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Erñesto counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PH Philippines | #81 | ≈250,000 est. | ≈1 in 433 | — | Ernesto | 112 |
| US United States | #828 | 114,307as Ernest | 1 in 2.9K | 114K | Ernesto | 457 |
| AR Argentina | #118 | ≈81,000 est. | ≈1 in 563 | 178 | Ernesto | 151 |
| PE Peru | #112 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 915 | — | Ernesto | 125 |
| VE Venezuela | #78 | ≈28,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Ernesto | 111 |
| ES Spain | #189 | 18,865 | 1 in 2.7K | 19K | Ernesto | 194 |
| SV El Salvador | #12 | ≈8,800 est. | ≈1 in 733 | — | Ernesto | 105 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Erñesto mean, and where does it come from?
- From Spanish Ernesto, from German Ernst. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Wiktionary and 5 other sources.
- Is Erñesto a male or female name?
- Erñesto is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Erñesto have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 252 thousand people named Erñesto in the Philippines, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ernesto.
- How common is the name Erñesto?
- In Spain, the national register counted 18,865 people named Erñesto, about 1 in 2.7 thousand residents.
- How common is Erñesto compared with other names?
- In the Philippines, Erñesto is the 81st most common given name of 486,299 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/er%C3%B1estoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Erñesto” — the 81st most common given name in Philippines. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.