Ernsting: Last Name Origin and Family Crest

Ernsting sits within the Ernst family of names, which has German roots. Ernsting is built on the same root as Ernst, with the ending -ing. The family name meaning is “Earnest, resolute”, the same as for Ernst. Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.

The same family of names includes Ernest.

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