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Erna (female)

Variants:Ernestine (F)
Derivative of:Ernsta (F)
Masculine form:Ernst (M)
   
Source(s): The Oxford Names Companion, OUP
Notes:

German, reduced form of Ernesta, from Old High German "seriousness".
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