Erna (given name)

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

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 (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 Lúðvíksdóttir (bron 1961), Icelandic multi-sport athlete
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

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