Bernard
| Bernard | |
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| Pronunciation |
mainly UK: /ˈbɜːrnərd/ mainly US: /bərˈnɑːrd/[1] French: [bɛʁ.naʁ] Dutch: [ˈbɛrnɑrt] |
| Gender | masculine |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | West Germanic |
| Region of origin | medieval Europe |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Bernie, Barnard, Bernardas, Bearnárd, Bernardo, Beñat, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bernd, Bernadette, Berend |
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Bernard (Bernhard) is a West Germanic masculine given name.[2]
The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic Berhard is composed from the two elements bern "bear" and hard "brave, hardy".[3] Its native Old English reflex was Beornheard, which was replaced by the Old French form Bernard after the Norman conquest. The name Bernhard was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers.[4] Its wider use was popularized due to Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux (canonized 1174).
List of people with the name
The following people and items share the name Bernard.
Given name
- medieval
- Bernard (son of Charles the Fat) (died c. 890), Duke of Alemannia
- Bernard (bishop of Gaeta) (died c. 1040)
- Bernard of Menthon (c. 1020–1081), namesake of the Great St. Bernard Pass and the St. Bernard dog
- Bernard of Carinola (died 1109), 12th-century saint and Bishop of Carinola
- Saint Bernard of Clairvaux (1090–1153), 12th-century monk and leader of the Cistercians
- Bernard (bishop of St David's) (1115–1148)
- Bernard of Cluny, 12th-century Benedictine monk
- Bernard (bishop of Carlisle) (died 1214), 13th-century Catholic bishop
- Bernard of Quintavalle (died 1241), companion of St. Francis of Assisi
- Bernard of Calvo, 13th-century saint and Bishop of Vich
- Bernard Gui (c. 1260–1331), 14th century inquisitor
- Bernard of Kilwinning (d. c. 1331), Scottish abbot and chancellor
- modern
- Bernard Alvarez, former NASCAR Cup Series driver
- Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte, known simply as "Bernard", Brazilian footballer
- Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier and political adviser
- Bernard Berrian (born 1980), American football player
- Bernard Blaut (1940–2007), Polish football (soccer) player
- Bernard Boursicot (born 1944), on whom the play M. Butterfly was based
- Bernard Butler (born 1970), English musician
- Bernard Caprasse (born 1949), Belgian politician
- Bernard Cerquiglini (born 1947), French linguist
- Bernard of Corleone (1605–1667), Franciscan blessed
- Bernard Cribbins (born 1928), English children's TV personality, actor and voice artist
- Bernard Ebbers (born 1941), Fraudster who engineered an accounting fraud at WorldCom while he was its CEO
- Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British business magnate and primary authority in Formula One
- Bernard Edwards (American football) (born 1969), American football player
- Bernard Fanning (born 1969), Australian singer (Powderfinger)
- Bernard T. Feld (1919–1993), 20th century physicist and anti-nuclear activist
- Bernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), Provisional Irish Republican Army member
- Bernard Freeman, birth name of American rapper Bun B
- Bernard Freyberg, New Zealand's most famous soldier and General of World War II
- Bernard Hall (disambiguation), multiple people
- Bernard Henry (born 1960), American football player
- Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American film composer
- Bernard Hill (born 1944), English actor
- Bernard Hinault (born 1954), French cyclist, five-time winner of the Tour de France
- Bernard H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977), American politician
- Bernard Hopkins (born 1965), professional boxer
- Bernard Koura (1923-2018), French painter
- Bernard Lagat (born 1974), Kenyan-American distance runner
- Bernard LeBas (born 1943), American pharmacist and politician
- Bernie Mac (born Bernard McCullough, 1957–2008), comedian and actor
- Bernard Madoff (born 1938), American stock broker who engineered a $65 billion Ponzi scheme
- Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), American writer
- Bernard Manning (1930–2007), British stand-up comedian
- Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer, founder of Bernard Matthews Limited
- Bernard McGinley, American judge
- Bernard Ménétrel (1906–1947), French physician and advisor to Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II.
- Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976), English military officer
- Bernard Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
- Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Brazilian volleyball player
- Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologist
- Bernie Sanders (born 1941), United States Senator from Vermont
- Bernard Satenstein (1906–1959), American football player
- Bernard Schuiteman (born 1973), Dutch football (soccer) player
- Bernard Spilsbury (1877–1947), English pathologist
- George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), usually referred to as "Bernard Shaw", Irish playwright, critic, and essayist
- Bernard Sumner (born 1956), British musician
- Bernard Tapie (born 1943), French politician
- Bernie Taupin (born 1950), British songwriter and collaborator with Elton John
- Bernard Tomic, Australian professional tennis player
- Bernard "Bernie" Wolfe (born 1951), Canadian NHL hockey player
- Bernard Finnigan is an Australian politician who is also a criminal
Surname
- Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), British Roman Catholic nun
- Alain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmer
- Alfred Aloysous Bernard (1888–1949) American vaudeville singer
- Antoine Bernard d'Attanoux (1853–1954), French journalist and explorer
- Carlos Bernard (born 1962), American actor
- Catherine Bernard (1662–1712), French novelist
- Cheryl Bernard (born 1966), Canadian curler
- Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist
- Crystal Bernard (born 1961), American actress
- Daniel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Dave Bernard (American football) (born 1912), former NFL player
- David Bernard (cricketer) (born 1981), West Indian cricketer
- David Bernard (orchestra conductor) (born 1964), American conductor, pianist and clarinetist
- Ed Bernard (born 1939), American actor
- Edward Bernard (born 1638), English scholar
- Émile Bernard (composer) (1843–1902), French composer and organist
- Émile Bernard (painter) (1868–1941), French painter
- Francis Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Giovani Bernard, American football player
- Henry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish Conservative Party politician, MP for Bandon 1863–68
- Henry Bernard, designer of the Palace of Europe, the seat of the Council of Europe
- Hilda Bernard (born 1920), Argentine actress
- Jean-Pierre Bernard (born 1933), French actor
- Jeffrey Bernard (1932–1997), English journalist
- John Henry Bernard (1860–1927) Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin
- Joseph E. Bernard (1880–1958), American character actor
- Léonce Bernard (1943–2013), Canadian politician
- Lucas M. Bernard, American financial economist
- Marvin Bernard, American rapper, better known by his stage name Tony Yayo
- Michel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
- Nikhil Bernard, Indian footballer
- Oliver Bernard (1925–2013), English poet and translator
- Oliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), English architect and scenic designer
- Raymond Bernard (1891–1977) French film director and screenwriter
- Raymond W. Bernard (1903–1965) early 20th-century American alternative health, esoteric writer, author, and mystic
- Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), Louisiana politician
- Suzanne Bernard (1892–1910), French aviator
- Tristan Bernard (1866–1947), French playwright & novelist
- William Bernard (fl. 1849+), 19th-century sailor, miner and resident of San Francisco, better known as the "Barnacle Bill"
- William Bayle Bernard (1807–1875), American-born London playwright and drama critic
- William Smyth Bernard (1792–1863), Irish Conservative politician, MP for Bandon 1832–35 and 1857–63
Fictional characters
- given name
- Bernard (TV shorts), the curious polar bear from the animation series Bernard[5]
- Bernard, a mouse from The Rescuers books and films
- Bernard, the Sea Hag's pet vulture in the Popeye comics/cartoons
- Bernard Beasley, a character from the children's programme Bernard's Watch
- Bernard Bernoulli, a character from Maniac Mansion
- Bernard Black, a character from Black Books
- Bernard Marx from Brave New World
- Bernard Nadler, a character from the television show Lost
- Bernard the Arch-elf, The Head elf from Disney's Santa Clause Movies
- Bernard Wiseman, a character from Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
- Bernard Woolley, a character from Yes Minister
- Bernard, a character from Blackadder II, who is usually only called by her title: Nursie
- Bernard the Bee Boy, a boy raised by bees seen in two commercials for Honey Comb cereal
- Bernarda Alba, the mother in Federico García Lorca's drama, La casa de Bernarda Alba
- Bernard Mickey Wrangle, an explosive character from Still Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
- Bernardo, Zorro's companion
- Bernard "Barney" Fife, deputy sheriff of Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show.
- Bernard Lowe, a character from Westworld
- Bernard, a character from Megamind
- Giant Bernard, wrestling name of Matt Bloom
- surname
- Andy Bernard, character on the United States television series The Office
See also
- All pages with a title containing Bernard
- All pages beginning with Bernard
- Saint Bernard (disambiguation)
- Bernhard (disambiguation)
- Barnard (disambiguation)
- Barney (disambiguation)
- Grand Rivers, Kentucky, United States, formerly known as Bernard
References
- ↑ Wells, John C. (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
- ↑ Albert Dauzat, Noms et prénoms de France, Librairie Larousse 1980. p. 38, New completed edition by Marie-Thérèse Morlet.
- ↑ "Name Meaning and Origin". Ancestry.com. Retrieved 2013-06-16. . T. F. Hoad, English Etymology, Oxford University Press 1993. p. 36.
- ↑ Die Kosenamen der Germanen: Eine Studie, Franz Stark, 1868 (German)
- ↑ Bernard (TV series)
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