Bernardine
About Bernardine
Bernardine is really driving home its Bernard connection, for better or worse. Bernadine is the usual form of this name.
Saint Bernardine of Siena was, surprise!, a man, also called Bernardino, a clearer gender signifier. We don't recommend the name Bernardine for your son or your daughter.
Pronounced BER-nuh-deen.
As of October 2026, Bernardine ranked #9908 in US births in 1978 SSA, peaked at #777 in 1931.
Editor: Pamela Redmond
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Bernardine on lists
Famous Bernardines
- (Bernardine Eugénie) Désirée Clary aka Desideria
Queen consort of Charles XIV John of Sweden and Norway
- Bernardine Evaristo
British novelist
- Bernardine Anna Livia Mary Bishop
English novelist
- Bernardine Flynn
American radio actress
- Bernardine Dohrn
American radical and professor of the Weather Underground
Bernardine in pop culture
- "Bernardine
" 1957 musical movie