Erna (given name)

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