Ernestine is a feminine given name. Ernest is the male counterpart of this name. Notable people with the name include:
- Ernestine Anderson (1928âÂÂ2016), American jazz and blues singer
- Ernestine Bayer (1909âÂÂ2006), American athlete
- Ernestine Bazemore (died 2025), American politician
- Ernestine Gilbreth Carey (1908âÂÂ2006), American author
- Ernestine Cannon (1904âÂÂ1969), American ceramicist
- Ernestine Carter (1906âÂÂ1983), American journalist
- Ernestine ChassebÃ
Âuf (1910âÂÂc.2005), French letter-writer
- Ernestine Cobern Beyer (1893âÂÂ1972), American poet and author
- Ernestine Eckstein (1941âÂÂ1992), American LGBT activist
- Ernestine Fuchs (1885âÂÂ1962), German film actress, film producer, and screenwriter
- Ernestine Fu (born 1992), American venture capital investor and author
- Ernestine de Lambriquet (1778âÂÂ1813), the adopted/foster daughter of King Louis XVI and Queen Marie Antoinette of France
- Ernestine Leibovici (1918âÂÂ1988), more commonly known as Eren EyüboÃÂlu, Romanian-born Turkish painter and mosaic artist
- Ernestine Mbakou, Cameroonian novelist
- Ernestine Rengiil, Palauan lawyer
- Ernestine Rose (1810âÂÂ1892), Russian-American abolitionist and feminist
- Ernestine Rose (1880âÂÂ1961), American librarian
- Ernestine Russell (1938âÂÂ2026), Canadian gymnast and American college gymnastics coach
- Ernestine Jane Geraldine Russell (1921âÂÂ2011), American actress, singer and model
- Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1861âÂÂ1936), Austrian-German-American operatic contralto
Fictional characters
- Ernestine Tomlin, a fictional telephone company operator portrayed by Lily Tomlin
- Ernestine, a character in Dorothy Cannell's book The Importance of Being Ernestine
- Ernestine, the title character in L'Histoire d'Ernestine, a short novel from the 18th century written by Marie-Jeanne Riccoboni
- Ernestine, a character on Sesame Street
See also