Erna (given name)
Erna is a Germanic feminine given name. It is a simplified version of Ernesta, in turn from Ernest. People with the name include:
- Erna von Abendroth, German nurse and trainer/teacher
- Erna Auerbach, German-born British artist and art historian
- Erna Barschak, German teacher and psychologist
- Erna Baumbauer, German casting agent
- Erna Beilhardt, Nazi concentration camp guard and nurse
- Erna Berger, German soprano
- Erna Björk Sigurðardóttir, Icelandic footballer
- Erna Bogen-Bogáti, Hungarian fencer
- Erna Braun, Canadian politician
- Erna Brinkman, Dutch volleyball player
- Erna Brodber, Jamaican writer, sociologist and activist
- Erna Bürger, German gymnast
- Erna Fentsch, German actress and screenwriter
- Erna Fergusson, American writer and historian
- Erna Flegel, German nurse
- Erna Friðriksdóttir, Icelandic alpine skier
- Erna Frins, Uruguayan physicist
- Erna Furman, Austrian-American child psychologist
- Erna Gunther, American anthropologist
- Erna Hanfstaengl, German acquaintance of Adolf Hitler
- Erna P. Harris, American journalist and businesswoman
- Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Luxembourgish politician
- Erna Herchenröder, German trade unionist and politician
- Erna Kelm, German woman killed trying to cross the Berlin Wall
- Erna Lazarus, American screenwriter
- Erna Lendvai-Dircksen, German photographer
- Erna Low, Austrian businesswoman
- Erna Lúðvíksdóttir, Icelandic multi-sport athlete
- Erna Mohr, German zoologist
- Erna Morena, German actress
- Erna Osland, Norwegian teacher and author
- Erna Paris, Canadian writer
- Erna Petermann, Nazi concentration camp overseer
- Erna Petri, Nazi war criminal
- Erna Rosenstein, Polish surrealist painter
- Erna Sack, German soprano
- Erna Scheffler, German jurist
- Erna Schillig, Swiss painter
- Erna Schilling, German nightclub dancer and artist's model
- Erna Schneider Hoover, American mathematician
- Erna Schürer, Italian actress
- Erna Sellmer, German actress
- Erna Siikavirta, Finnish keyboard player
- Erna Solberg, Norwegian politician
- Erna Sondheim, German fencer
- Erna Spoorenberg, Dutch soprano
- Erna Steinberg, German Olympic sprinter
- Erna Steuri, Swiss alpine skier
- Erna Tauro, Finnish-Swedish pianist and composer
- Erna Viitol, Estonian sculptor
- Erna Villmer, Estonian actress
- Erna Visk, Estonian and Soviet politician
- Erna Wallisch, alleged Nazi concentration camp guard
- Erna Weill, American German-Jewish sculptor
- Erna Woll, German composer
- Erna Beth Yackel, American mathematics educator