Bear

Animal name

"bear"

Bear Origin and Meaning

Variation of Bernard

Bear Rank in US Top 1000

# 826 in the US

Bear Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 504 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Bear

• 826 US 2024
• 504 Nameberry 2025
• 5 Unique 2018
• 622 Future 2028
• 520 England 2024
• 1 Dogs 2025
• 19 Cats 2024

20 Names Similar to Bear

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Bear.

• Forest
• Oak
• Fox
• Stone
• Wolf
• Scout
• Hawk
• Ziggy
• Flint
• Jet
• Blue
• Copper
• Bowie
• Arrow
• Cedar
• Ozzy
• Sunny
• Pike
• Forrest
• Birch

Famous People Named Bear

• Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls English survival expert and TV personality
• Bear Rinehart lead singer of Christian rock group Needtobreathe
• Paul William "Bear" Bryant American football coach
• Bear McCreary American composer and musician
• Bear Blu Jarecki (b. 2011) son of actress Alicia Silverstone and Christopher Jarecki
• Bear Blaze Winslet (b. 2013) son of actress Kate Winslet and Ned Rocknroll
• Bear Grey Payne (b. 2017) son of singers Liam Payne and Cheryl Cole
• Everly Bear Kiedis (b. 2007) son of singer Anthony Kiedis of the Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Buddy Bear Maurice Oliver (b. 2010) son of celeb chefs Jamie and Jools Oliver
• Albert the Bear first Margrave of Brandenburg

The name Bear in Pop Culture

• Bear Savage character in Patricia Pendergraft's "Miracle at Clement's Pond"