Erna (given name) explained

Erna is a feminine given name. Bearers of the name include:

• Erna von Abendroth (1887–1959), pioneering 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 (born 1982), Icelandic footballer
• Erna Bogen-Bogáti (1906–2002), Hungarian fencer
• Erna Braun, Canadian politician
• Erna Brinkman (born 1972), Dutch volleyball player
• Erna Brodber (born 1940), 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 (born 1987), Icelandic alpine skier
• Erna Frins (born 1960), Uruguayan physicist
• Erna Furman (1926–2002), Austrian-American child psychologist
• 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 (born 1941), 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 Mohr (1894–1968), German zoologist
• Erna Morena (1885–1962), German actress
• Erna Osland (born 1951), 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 (born 1926), American mathematician
• Erna Schürer, Italian actress
• Erna Sellmer (1905–1983), German actress
• Erna Siikavirta (born 1977), Finnish keyboard player
• Erna Solberg (born 1961), 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