- 39
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bernard Steinberg
Meaning & Origins
From an Old French name of Germanic (Frankish) origin, derived from ber(n) ‘bear’ + hard ‘hardy, brave, strong’. This was the name of three famous medieval churchmen: St Bernard of Menthon (923–1008), founder of a hospice on each of the Alpine passes named after him; the monastic reformer St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153); and the scholastic philosopher Bernard of Chartres. It was adopted by the Normans and introduced by them to England. A native Old English form, Beornheard, was superseded by the Norman form.
| 391st in the U.S. for 2011 |
German, Jewish (Ashkenazic), and Swedish (of German origin): habitational name from any of the many places named Steinberg, from Old High German stein ‘stone’ + berg ‘mountain’, ‘hill’.
| 2,399th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Bernardo, Bernhard, Bernardino, Bernhardt, Bernerd, Bernarda, Bernardin, Bernardus, Bernarr, Bernhart
Stein, Steiner, Steinmetz, Steinke, Steinman, Steinbach, Steiger, Steinhoff, Steinhauer, Steinert
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
