Ernö

given name · Latin script

Meaning: im 20. Jh. aus dem Ungarischen ent­ lehnter männl

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ɐnø/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Ernö is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Hungary than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • HUHungary1 in 919(measured from records)
  • LVLatvia≈1 in 2K
  • FIFinland1 in 3.3K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Hungary (measured from records)

10,637 people, 2025

Sources
121 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 919 (inferred from the name graph)

Hungary

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

3 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Erno in HU Hungary, FI Finland, RO Romania and 1 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)

recorded in German

im 20. Jh. aus dem Ungarischen ent­ lehnter männl. Vom., ungarische Form von

Sources 1

  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Attested across 14 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ernö 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.

Where Ernö is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
HU Hungary#16110,6371 in 91911KErno97
FI Finland—1,6971 in 3.3K1.8KErno24
BR Brazil—1,1961 in 177K1.8K——
LV Latvia—≈940 est.≈1 in 2K—Erno3
RO Romania—≈510 est.≈1 in 42K—Erno28
EE Estonia—≈17 est.≈1 in 70K9—4

10,637 people counted by Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025), 2025, counting the spelling ernő. 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: Nyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ernö is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Ernó, Erno, Ernő

  • Finnish given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, Latvia, United States, Netherlands

    Languages: Finnish, Estonian

    Also written Erno, Ernõ

  • Portuguese given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Erno, Ernő, Ernõ, Erño, Ernó

  • Bulgarian name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Erno, Ernő

  • Hindi given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, United States, Latvia

    Also written Erno, Ernő, Ernõ

12 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Ernö Dery, b. 1879Ernö Rapée, b. 1891Ernö Meisels, b. 1924Ernö Weil, b. 1947Ernö Rozsa, b. 1970

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

InformalHallo Ernö,Hi Ernö, (English)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Ernö
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—45#6,338
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—45#6,386
EE EstoniaSiseministeerium — population register name list 20232023——

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ernö?
A machine transcription gives /ɐnø/ (IPA) for German.
Is Ernö a male or female name?
Ernö 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.
What does the name Ernö mean?
Recorded meaning: im 20. Jh. aus dem Ungarischen ent­ lehnter männl.
In which country does Ernö have the most bearers?
In Hungary, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Ernö, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled erno.
Where is Ernö most common?
Ernö is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 919 people carrying it.
How common is the name Ernö?
In Hungary, the national register counted 10,637 people named Ernö in 2025, about 1 in 919 residents.
How common is Ernö compared with other names?
In Hungary, Ernö is the 161st most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.

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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, “Ernö” — the 161st most common given name in Hungary. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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