Name: Bernard
Gender: Male
Usage: Bernard, of basque origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Bernard are in general originating from Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, South Africa, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Bernard across the world, see Barnard.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Bernard is: Bear brave, Strong as a bear.
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Numerology of the first name Bernard: 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 8. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: ambitious, successful, realistic, powerful, authoritative, courageous, leading.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Leader, Visionary
Ruling planet: Saturn
Colors: Black, Purple
Gemstones: Ruby, Amethyst
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The name Bernard is ranked on the 89th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 5151500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.071% of the population. The name Bernard has seven characters. It means that it is relatively medium-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Bernard for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
The name day of Bernard is 20 August.
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History and Origin
The masculine given name Bernard is of Germanic origin.
The meaning of the name is from a Germanic compound Bern-hard meaning "bear-hardy", or "brave as a bear". Bern- is the old form of bear, from West Germanic *beran-.
English and French: from a Germanic personal name composed of the elements ber(n) bear + hard hardy, brave, strong. This was the name of three famous medieval churchmen: St Bernard of Menthon (923–1008), founder of a hospice on each of the Alpine passes named after him; the monastic reformer St Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153); and the scholastic philosopher Bernard of Chartres. In England before the Norman Conquest a native Old English form of the name, Beornheard, existed, but it is the Norman form, derived through French from Continental Germanic, that became established as a conventional English given name.
Cognates: Gaelic: Bearnard. Italian, Spanish: Bernardo. Catalan: Bernat. German: Bernhard(t), Bernd(t). Scandinavian: Bernt.
Pet form: English: Bernie.
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