Meanings
- A female given name from Italian, masculine equivalent Ernest.
Mrs. ERNESTA STEVENS CARLETON. wife of Dr. Spencer Carleton, died on Tuesday at her home. 71 West Fiftieth Street, in her thirty-first year. She was a daughter of Edwin Stevens of Lexington, Ky.
1910 June 3, “Obituary Notes”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC1 more example
Miss Ernesta Drinker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sandwith Drinker of Merion, was married this afternoon to Frederic L. Ballard Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Ballard of Chestnut Hill, by the Rev. Richard T. Lyford in St. Asaph Church in Bala-Cynwyd.
1939 December 23, “Ernesta Drinker a Bride: Marriage to F.L. Ballard Jr. Is Performed in Bala-Cynwyd”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC
Origin
- ItalianErnesta
- EnglishErnesta
From Italian Ernesta. By surface analysis, Ernest + -a.
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Ernesta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ernesta
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