Ernest

American  

[ur-nist] / ˈɜr nɪst /

noun

1. a male given name: from an Old English word meaning “vigor, intent.”

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Example Sentences

Work is under way on a South Atlantic island to preserve a key building in the story of polar explorer Ernest Shackleton.

From BBC

Jill Ernest, 41, and her husband, Steve Ernest, 37, are “obsessed with sleep,” she says.

From The Wall Street Journal

Board members include Ernest Moniz, a former U.S. energy secretary and nuclear physicist, and longtime investor Michael Schwab.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is hard to see how Mr. Zygar’s story is advanced by Ernest Hemingway’s suicide; Jimmy Carter’s 1979 Crisis of Confidence speech and his being attacked, that same year, by a giant rabbit; or John Lennon’s renunciation of drugs and alcohol after his yacht weathered a storm off Bermuda.

From The Wall Street Journal

"The visibility is not too strong compared to other African nations," painter Ernest Ibe told AFP news agency.

From BBC