Name: Bernadette
Gender: Female
Usage: Bernadette, of basque origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a girl (female) name.
People having the name Bernadette are in general originating from Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Bernadette across the world, see Bernard.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Bernadette is: Bear brave, Brave as a bear.
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Numerology of the first name Bernadette: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 4. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: traditional, organized, self-disciplined, steady, logical, practical, helpful, reliable.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Practical, Dependable
Ruling planet: Uranus
Colors: Blue, Gray
Gemstones: Sapphire
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The name Bernadette is ranked on the 710th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 808800 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.012% of the population. The name Bernadette has ten characters. It means that it is relatively long-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Bernadette for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Bernadette is 18 February.
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History and Origin
Of Germanic etymology, Bernadette is a feminine given name, derived from the masculine Bernard composed of bern-, bear, and -hard, hard, strong.
It is celebrated on February 18 (optional memory) and April 16.
French: feminine diminutive of Bernard. Its use in Britain and Ireland is almost exclusively confined to Roman Catholics;, who take it in honour of St Bernadette Soubirous (1844–79), a French peasant girl who had visions of the Virgin Mary and uncovered a spring near Lourdes where miraculous cures are still sought.
Variant: Bernardette.
Cognate: Italian: Bernardetta.
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