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Bernard

OriginGerman
Meaning"strong, brave as a bear"
GenderBoy
US Rank#940

Top 1000

NB Rank#693

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Variation of Bjorn

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Famous Bernards

  • Saint Bernard of Clairvaux

    French abbot

  • Bernard Herrmann

    American film composer

  • Bernard

    Germain,Étienne de La Ville,sur,Illon de Lacépède, French naturalist

  • (George) Bernard Shaw

    Irish playwright

  • Bernard Charles "Bernie" Ecclestone

    British business magnate

  • Bernard "Bernie" Sanders

    U.S. Senator from Vermont

  • Bernard Cribbins

    English actor

  • Bernard Fox

    Welsh actor

  • Bernard Freeman aka Bun B

    American rapper

  • Bernard Montgomery

    1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, British field marshal

  • Bernard Freyberg

    7th Governor,General of New Zealand

  • Bernard Tomic

    Australian tennis player

  • Bernard Cornwell

    English novelist

  • Bernard Pyne Grenfell

    English Egyptologist

  • Bernard Hill

    American actor

  • Bernard Pierce

    American football player

  • Bernard Pollard

    American football player

  • Bernard Scott

    American football player

  • Bernard Madoff

    American Ponzi schemer

  • Bernard Hampton

    entrepreneur

  • Bernard Ashley

    founder of Laura Ashley design

  • Bernard Moon O’Sullivan (b. 2018)

    son of actress Bridget Regan

  • Bernard 'Barney' Sumner

    English musician (New Order)

  • Bernard 'Berni' Flint

    English singer

  • Bernard 'Bernie' Calvert

    English bass player (The Hollies)

Bernard in pop culture

  • Bernard

    a mouse in Disney's "The Rescuers"

  • Bernard

    main character in the children's TV series "Bernard's Watch"

  • Bernard

    the head elf in "The Santa Clause" movies

  • Bernard Black

    character from British TV series "Black Books"

  • Bernard Bligh

    character in "Small Island"

  • Bernard "Barney" Fife

    character on "The Andy Griffith Show"

  • Bernard "Beans" Aranguren

    character on TV series "Even Stevens"

  • Bernard

    main character in short story "Last Shot" by Justine Avery

  • Bernard "Bernie" Schotz

    character on TV's "Bizaardvark"

  • Saint Bernard

    breed of large dog

  • Abbot Bernard

    a character in Brian Jacques' "Mariel of Redwall"

Variations & nicknames

  • BernhartGerman
  • BernardinoSpanish
  • BernalSpanish
  • BernardelSpanish
  • BernhardtGerman
  • BernoCzech
  • BernekCzech
  • BernhardGerman
  • BernardynPolish
  • BernatCatalan
  • NardoSpanish
  • BearnardGaelic
  • BernotFrench
  • BenekPolish
  • BerendGerman
  • BernadinoItalian
  • BerntScandinavian
  • VernadosGreek
  • BernardoSpanish
  • BeñatBasque
  • BenoGerman
  • BerngardsRussian
  • BernarditoSpanish
  • BernardinFrench
  • BernonFrench

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