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Last name origins & meanings:

  1. German and Dutch: from the personal name Ernst, which is most probably a byname from Middle High German and Middle Dutch ern(e)st ‘combat’, ‘serious business’. However, see Ernest.
  2. Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname or ornamental from German ernst ‘earnest’, ‘serious’.
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