Ernő

given name · Latin script

Meaning: a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

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

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

Ernő 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)

a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ernő 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 Ernő 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)

Ernő is also recorded as 7 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, Ernö, Erno

  • Portuguese given name11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, Argentina, Philippines, United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Erno, Ernö, Ernõ, Erño, Ernó

  • French given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Finland, United States, Congo - Kinshasa

    Also written Erno, Ernö, Ernõ

  • Russian given name18 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Latvia, Russia, Ukraine, Finland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

    Also written Erno, Эрно, Эрне, Ерно, Erne

  • Polish given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Poland

    Also written Erno, Ernö

  • Italian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Italy

    Also written Erno, Ernö, Ernõ

  • Arabic given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Netherlands

    Also written Erno, Ernö

16 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)

186018801900192019401960Ernő Dohnányi, b. 1877Ernő Osvát, b. 1877Ernest Vajda, b. 1886Ernö Rapée, b. 1891Ernő Gerő, b. 1898Ernő Goldfinger, b. 1902Ernö Verebes, b. 1902Robert Capa, b. 1913Ernő Rubik, b. 1944Ernő Kolczonay, b. 1953
  • Ernő Dohnányib. 1877HUHungarian conductor, composer, and pianist (1877–1960)
  • Ernő Osvátb. 1877HU(1877-1929) periodical editor, writer
  • Ernest Vajdab. 1886HUnot in their usual nameHungarian screenwriter (1886–1954)
  • Ernö Rapéeb. 1891USAmerican conductor and composer (1891–1945)
  • Ernő Gerőb. 1898HUformer First Secretary of the Hungarian Working People's Party
  • Ernő Goldfingerb. 1902HUHungarian-British architect and furniture designer (1902–1987)
  • Ernö Verebesb. 1902USAmerican actor (1902–1971)
  • Robert Capab. 1913HUnot in their usual nameAmerican photographer (1913–1954)
  • Ernő Rubikb. 1944HUHungarian inventor (born 1944)
  • Ernő Kolczonayb. 1953HUfencer (1953–2009)

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)

InformalSzia Ernő,Hi Ernő, (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 6 sources across 2 countries.

Official registers attesting Ernő
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201115K#52
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201215K#54
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201314K#56
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201514K#57
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201614K#59
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201713K#60
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201813K#62
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)201913K#62
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)202012K#63
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)202112K#68
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)202212K#68
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)202311K#71

Reference works 2

  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • 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

What does the name Ernő mean, and where does it come from?
a male given name, equivalent to English Ernest Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
What are other forms of the name Ernő?
In the etymology graph, Ernesto, Ernest and Ernie are forms of the same name in other languages.
How do you pronounce Ernő?
A machine transcription gives /ɛrnøː/ (IPA) for Hungarian.
Is Ernő a male or female name?
Ernő 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 Ernő have the most bearers?
In Hungary, the national register counted about 11 thousand people named Ernő, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled erno.
Where is Ernő most common?
Ernő is densest in Hungary, where the national register counts about 1 in 919 people carrying it.
How common is the name Ernő?
In Hungary, the national register counted 10,637 people named Ernő in 2025, about 1 in 919 residents.
How common is Ernő compared with other names?
In Hungary, Ernő is the 161st most common given name of 18,528 given names recorded there.

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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/ern%C5%91

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

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