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Bernard

in the US

There are 138,825 people with the first name "Bernard" in the United States.

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Bernard 322
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  5. is 322nd most common Bernard
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Most Common Last Names for Bernard

Smith, Johnson, Brown, Williams, Miller, Jones, Davis, Jackson, Harris, Martin

Meaning & History

(male) 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 A native Old English form, Beornheard, was superseded by the Norman form.

Pet form: English: Bernie.

Cognates: Irish: Bearnard. German: Bernhard(t), Bernd(t). Dutch: Bernhard. Scandinavian: Bernt. French: Bernard. Spanish, Portuguese, Italian: Bernardo. Catalan: Bernat. Hungarian: Bernát.

Recent Searches for "Bernard" in the US

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Bernard Smith (964 searches)
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