as a Last Name
- 40,730
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Bernard
Meaning & Origins
English, French, Dutch, Polish, Czech, and Slovenian: from a Germanic personal name (see Bernhard). The popularity of the personal name was greatly increased by virtue of its having been borne by St. Bernard of Clairvaux (c.1090–1153), founder and abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Clairvaux.
| 855th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 40,730
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Louisiana
- has the most people named Bernard per capita
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