Bernard Pronunciation mainly UK: /ˈ b ɜːr n ər d /ˈ b ɜːr n ə d mainly US: /b ər ˈ n ɑːr d [ 1] French: [bɛʁ.naʁ] Dutch: [ˈbɛrnɑrt] Gender masculine Origin Language(s) West Germanic Meaning Brave as a bear Region of origin medieval Europe Other names Related names Bernie ,Barnard ,Bernardas , Bearnárd,Bernardo ,Beñat ,Bernhard ,Bernhardt ,Bernd ,Bernt ,Bernadetta ,Bernadette ,Berend , Pearu, Pääru
Bernard (Bernhard West Germanic masculine given name. It has West Germanic origin and is also a surname.[ 2]
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West GermanicBernhard is composed from the two elementsbern "bear" andhard "brave, hardy".[ 3] Beornheard , which was replaced or merged with the French formBernard that was brought to England after theNorman Conquest . The nameBernhard was notably popular amongOld Frisian speakers.[ 4] Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized in 1174). In Ireland, the name was an anglicized form ofBrian .
Geographical distribution [ edit ] Bernard is the second most common surname in France.[ 5]
As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surnameBernard were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% ofHaiti (1:382), 6.6% ofTanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% ofBurundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% ofRwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany (1:16,397), 1.2% of Jamaica (1:595), 1.1% ofGhana (1:6,179), 1.0% of England (1:13,691) and 1.0% ofMadagascar (1:6,098).
In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:392) in the following regions:[ 6]
List of people with the name [ edit ] The following people and items share the nameBernard :
Bernard, son of Charles Martel (c. 720 – 787), Abbot of St. Quentin Bernard (bishop of Carlisle) (died 1214), 13th-century Catholic bishopBernard (bishop of Gaeta) (died 1047)Bernard (bishop of St Davids) (1115–1148)Bernard (son of Charles the Fat) (died 891 or 892), Duke of AlemanniaBernard Gui (c. 1260 – 1331), 14th century inquisitor Bernard of Calvo (Bernat Calbó ), 13th-century saint and Bishop of Vich Bernard of Carinola (died 1109), 12th-century saint and Bishop of CarinolaBernard of Cluny , 12th-century Benedictine monkBernard of Kilwinning (died c. 1331), Scottish abbot and chancellorBernard of Quintavalle (died 1241), companion of St. Francis of AssisiBernard of Verdun , author of theTractatus super totam astrologiam Bernard (footballer) (Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte), Brazilian footballerBernard Aluwihare (1902–1961), Sri Lankan politicianBernard Alvarez , NASCAR racing driverBernard Anício Caldeira Duarte , known as "Bernard", Brazilian footballerBernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier and political adviserBernard Berrian (born 1980), American football playerBernard Blandre (born 1948), French sociologistBernard Blaut (1940–2007), Polish football playerBernard Bober (born 1950), Slovak Catholic Prelate,Archbishop of Košice Bernard Bonnejean (born 1950), French authorBernard Boursicot (born 1944), on whom the playM. Butterfly was basedBernard Bresslaw (1934–1993), British actor,Carry On filmsBernard Butler (born 1970), English musicianBernard Caprasse (born 1949), Belgian politicianBernard Cerquiglini (born 1947), French linguistBernard Charvin (born 1947), French alpine skierBernard Cottret (1951–2020), French historianBernard Coyne (giant) (1897–1921), American who is one of only 20 individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet (240 cm) or moreBernard Cribbins (1928–2022), English children's TV personality, actor and voice artistBernard Dowiyogo (1946–2003), President of NauruBernard Ebbers (1941–2020), engineered an accounting fraud at WorldCom while he was its CEOBernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British business magnate and primary authority in Formula OneBernard Edwards (American football) (born 1969), American football playerBernard Fanning (born 1969), Australian singer, PowderfingerBernard Finnigan (born 1972), Australian politician and sex offenderBernard T. Feld (1919–1993), 20th century physicist and anti-nuclear activistBernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), Provisional Irish Republican Army memberBernard Freeman, birth name of American rapperBun B Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg , New Zealand's most famous soldier and General of World War IIBernard Grech , Maltese politician serving as the leader of the Nationalist Party and OppositionBernard Guignedoux (1947–2021), French football playerBernard Hall (disambiguation) , multiple peopleBernard Henry (born 1960), American football playerBernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American film composerBernard Hill (1944–2024), English actorBernard Hinault (born 1954), French cyclist, five-time winner of the Tour de FranceBernard Hopkins (born 1965), boxerBernard Jayamanna (1908–1965), Sri Lankan Sinhala playwright, director, producer, actorBernard Jayasuriya , Sri Lankan businessman and politicianBernard Kalb (1922–2023), American broadcast journalistBernard Kester (1928–2018), American artist, designerBernard Koura (1923–2018), French painterBernard Ładysz (1922–2020), Polish singer and actorBernard Lagat (born 1974), Kenyan-American distance runnerBernard Lee (1908–1981), English actorBernard Lepkofker , American competitive judokaBernard Looney (born 1969/1970), Irish businessman, CEO of BPBernie Mac (born Bernard McCullough, 1957–2008), comedian and actorBernard Madoff (1938–2021), American stockbroker who engineered a $65 billion Ponzi schemeBernard Malamud (1914–1986), American writerBernard Manning (1930–2007), British stand-up comedianBernard Matthews , English turkey farmer, founder of Bernard Matthews LimitedBernard McGinley , American judgeBernard Ménétrel (1906–1947), French physician and advisor to Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War IIBernard Mohlalisi (1933–2020), Mosotho Roman Catholic bishopBernard Montgomery (1887–1976), English military officerBernard of Offida (1604–1694), Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor CapuchinBernard Opper (1915–2000), American basketball playerBernard Orcel (born 1945), French alpine skierBernard Parrish (1919–1999), American politicianBernard Peiris (1908–1977), Sri Lankan lawyerBernard Perera (1956–2012), Sri Lankan cricketerBernard Rajzman (born 1957), Brazilian volleyball playerBernard H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977), American politicianBernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologistBernie Sanders (born 1941), US Senator from VermontBernard Satenstein (1906–1959), American football playerBernard Schuiteman (born 1973), Dutch football playerGeorge Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), usually referred to as "Bernard Shaw", Irish playwright, critic, and essayistBernard Shaw (1940–2022), American broadcast journalistBernard Shir-Cliff (1924–2017), American editorBernard Spilsbury (1877–1947), English pathologistBernard Soysa (1914–1997), Sri Lankan TrotskyistBernard Stoeser (born 1930), American politicianBernard Sumner (born 1956), British musicianBernard Tapie (1943–2021), French businessman and politicianBernie Taupin (born 1950), British songwriter and collaborator with Elton JohnBernard Tilakaratna (1927–2004), Sri Lankan diplomatBernard Tomic (born 1992), Australian tennis playerBernard Vogler (1935–2020), French historian and academicBernard Whitman (fl. 1980s–2020s ), Democratic strategist and pollster Bernard "Bernie" Wolfe (born 1951), Canadian hockey playerBernard Wolfman (1924–2011), American dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and law professorBernard Zehrfuss (1911–1996), French architectBernard Welsh (1959)Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), British Roman Catholic nunAlain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmerAlfred Aloysous Bernard (1888–1949) American vaudeville singerAntoine Bernard d'Attanoux (1853–1954), French journalist and explorerArmand Bernard (1893–1968), French comic actor and composerBrandon Bernard (1980–2020), American convicted murdererCarlos Bernard (born 1962), American actorCatherine Bernard (1662–1712), French novelistCheryl Bernard (born 1966), Canadian curlerChristian Bernard (born 1951), French esotericistClaude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologistCrystal Bernard (born 1961), American actressDaniel Bernard (disambiguation) , multiple peopleDave Bernard (American football) (1912–1973), American football playerDavid Bernard (cricketer) (born 1981), West Indian cricketerDavid Bernard (orchestra conductor) (born 1964), American conductor, pianist and clarinetistDwight Bernard (born 1952), American baseball playerEd Bernard (born 1939), American actorEdward Bernard (1638–1697), English scholarÉmile Bernard (composer) (1843–1902), French composer and organistÉmile Bernard (painter) (1868–1941), French painterFrancis Bernard (disambiguation) , multiple peopleGermie Bernard (born 2003), American football playerGiovani Bernard (born 1991), American football playerHenri Bernard (1899–1986), French judgeHenri Bernard (1900–1967), French hurdlerHenry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish Conservative Party politician, MP for Bandon 1863–68Henry Bernard , designer of the Palace of Europe, the seat of the Council of EuropeHilda Bernard (1920–2022), Argentine actressJacques Bernard (born 1929), French actorJay Bernard FRSL (born 1988), British writer.Jean-David Bernard (born 1977), French rowerJean-Pierre Bernard (1933–2017), French actorJeffrey Bernard (1932–1997), English journalistJohn Henry Bernard (1860–1927) Church of Ireland Archbishop of DublinJoseph E. Bernard (1880–1958), American character actorJoseph Karl Bernard (c. 1781 – 1850), Austrian journalist and librettist Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball playerKent Bernard (1942–2025), Trinidadian athleteLauren Bernard (born 2001), American ice hockey playerLaurent Bernard (born 1971), French basketball playerLawrence G. Bernard (1914–1997), rear admiral in the U.S. NavyLéonce Bernard (1943–2013), Canadian politicianLorenzo Bernard , Italian para-cyclistLucas M. Bernard , American financial economistMarvin Bernard, American rapper, better known by his stage nameTony Yayo Micah Bernard (born 2001), American football playerMichel Bernard (disambiguation) , multiple peopleNikhil Bernard , Indian footballerOliver Bernard (1925–2013), English poet and translatorOliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), English architect and scenic designerRaymond Bernard (1891–1977), French film director and screenwriterRaymond Bernard (esotericist) (1923–2006), French esotericistRaymond W. Bernard (1903–1965), early 20th-century American alternative health, esoteric writer, author, and mysticRod Bernard (1940–2020), American singerSamuel Bernard (1615–1687), French miniature painterSherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), Louisiana politicianSusan Bernard (1948–2019), American actress and authorSuzanne Bernard (1892–1910), French aviatorTerrel Bernard (born 1999), American football playerTom Bernard American film distributorTristan Bernard (1866–1947), French playwright and novelistTurner Bernard (born 1998), American football playerValère Bernard (1860–1936), French artist and writerWilliam Bernard (disambiguation) , multiple peopleWynton Bernard (born 1990), American baseball playerFictional characters [ edit ] Bernard (TV shorts)Bernard Bernard , a character fromBlackadder II Bernard, a character fromMegamind Ben Stiller Bernard, the titular character in the 1980 picture bookNot Now, Bernard David McKee Bernard, a character fromLive with Yourself! Bernard, a character fromThe Waves Bernard, a mouse fromThe Rescuers Bernard, the Sea Hag's pet vulture in thePopeye Bernard, the teddy ofErnest Penfold inDanger Mouse Bernarda Alba, the mother in Federico García Lorca's drama,La casa de Bernarda Alba Bernard Beasley, a character from the children's programmeBernard's Watch Bernard Bernoulli , a character fromManiac Mansion Bernard Black , a character fromBlack Books Bernard "Barney" Fife , deputy sheriff of Mayberry fromThe Andy Griffith Show Bernard Lowe, a character fromWestworld Bernard Marx fromCaptain America: Brave New World Bernard Nadler , a character from the television showLost Bernard the Arch-elf , The Head elf from Disney's Santa Clause MoviesBernard the Bee Boy, a boy raised by bees seen in two commercials forHoney Comb cereal Bernard Wiseman , a character fromMobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket Bernard Woolley , a character fromYes Minister Bernard Mickey Wrangle, an explosive character fromStill Life with Woodpecker Bernardo,Zorro 's companion Giant Bernard, wrestling name ofMatt Bloom Bernie Lomax The Boss who dies in the 80s comedy filmWeekend at Bernie's Andy Bernard , character on the United States television seriesThe Office Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name or the same
family name .
If aninternal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article. 
