Bernard name - Meaning of Bernard
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 8
- Usage
- English, French, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Ancient Germanic
- Pronounced
- bər-NAHRD (English) , BUR-nərd (English) , ber-NAHR (French) , BER-nahrt (Polish, Croatian), bər-NAHRD/BUR-nərd
- Bernard Meaning
- Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Another famous bearer was George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), an Irish playwright and essayist. Bernard is of Germanic origins and is a variant of the Old Germanic name Bernhard or Beornheard, a compound of two words, “bern” which means "bear" and “hard” which means "hardy, brave or strong".
Bernard Related Names
Variants: Berinhard, Bernhard (Ancient Germanic), Bernie, Bearnard, Bernardin
Diminutives: Barney, Bernie, Berny (English)
Feminine Forms: Bernadette, Bernadine (English), Bernadette, Bernardine (French), Bernarda (Croatian), Bernarda (Slovene)
Other Languages: Beñat (Basque), Bernat (Catalan), Bernhard, Bernt (Danish), Bernhard, Ben (Dutch), Bent (Frisian), Bernhard, Bernd (German), Bernát (Hungarian), Bernardo, Bernardino, Dino (Italian), Bernhard, Bernt (Norwegian), Bernardo, Bernardino (Portuguese), Bernardo, Bernardino (Spanish), Bernhard, Bernt (Swedish)
Bernard Celebrities
Bernard Federko - hockey player, Bernard Buffet - artist, Bernard Ford - football player, Bernard Henry - football player, Bernard Hill - actor, Bernard King - baseball player, Bernard Malamud - writer, Bernard Pollard - football player,
