Female given name
Also known as Erna (given name) · Erna (first name)
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Erna is a Germanic feminine given name. It is a simplified version of Ernesta, in turn from Ernest. People with the name include:Erna Aaltonen, Finnish ceramist Erna von Abendroth (1887–1959), German nurse and trainer/teacher Erna Auerbach (1897–1975), German-born British artist and art historian Erna Barschak (1888–1958), German teacher and psychologist Erna Baumbauer (1919–2010), German casting agent Erna Beilhardt, Nazi concentration camp guard and nurse Erna Berger (1900–1990), German soprano Erna Björk Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic footballer Erna Bogen-Bogáti (1906–2002), Hungarian fencer Erna Braun, Canadian politician Erna Brinkman, Dutch volleyball player Erna Brodber, Jamaican writer, sociologist and activist Erna Bürger (1909–1958), German gymnast Erna Fentsch (1909–1997), German actress and screenwriter Erna Fergusson (1888–1964), American writer and historian Erna Flegel (1911–2006), German nurse Erna Friðriksdóttir, Icelandic alpine skier Erna Frins, Uruguayan physicist Erna Furman (1926–2002), Austrian-American child psychologist Erna Gräsbeck (1879—1958), Finnish operatic soprano Erna Gunther (1896–1982), American anthropologist Erna Hanfstaengl (1885–1981), German acquaintance of Adolf Hitler Erna P. Harris (1906–1995), American journalist and businesswoman Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Luxembourgish politician Erna Herchenröder (1903–1977), German trade unionist and politician Erna Kelm (1912–1962), German woman killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall Erna Lazarus (1903–2006), American screenwriter Erna Lendvai-Dircksen (1883–1962), German photographer Erna Low (1909–2002), Austrian businesswoman Erna Lúðvíksdóttir, Icelandic multi-sport athlete Erna Mohr (1894–1968), German zoologist Erna Morena (1885–1962), German actress Erna Osland, Norwegian teacher and author Erna Paris, Canadian writer Erna Petermann (1912–?), Nazi concentration camp overseer Erna Petri (1920–2000), Nazi war criminal Erna Rosenstein (1913–2004), Polish surrealist painter Erna Sack (1898–1972), German soprano Erna Scheffler (1893–1983), German jurist Erna Schillig (1900–1993), Swiss painter Erna Schilling (1884–1945), German nightclub dancer and artist's model Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician Erna Schürer, Italian actress Erna Sellmer (1905–1983), German actress Erna Siikavirta, Finnish keyboard player Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician Erna Sondheim (1904–2008), German fencer Erna Spoorenberg (1925–2004), Dutch soprano Erna Steinberg (1911–2001), German Olympic sprinter Erna Steuri (1917–2001), Swiss alpine skier Erna Tauro (1916–1993), Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer Erna Viitol (1920–2001), Estonian sculptor Erna Villmer (1889–1965), Estonian actress Erna Visk (1910–1983), Estonian and Soviet politician Erna Wallisch (1922–2008), alleged Nazi concentration camp guard Erna Weill (1904–1996), American German-Jewish sculptor Erna Woll (1917–2005), German composer Erna Beth Yackel (1939–2022), American mathematics educator