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Bernard
Pronounced /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
Rank in 2024
#1,319
Born in 2024
147
Peak year
1924 · #46
Origin
Germanic
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 147 boys were named Bernard, about 1 in every 11,669.
- It peaked in 1924 with 4,505 babies, ranked #46.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 199,948 boys have been named Bernard since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Bernard per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.8Greatest1901–27
- 2.6Silent1928–45
- 1.3Boomers1946–64
- 0.6Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 63,150 babies, 3.78 per 1,000. Silent: 53,873 babies, 2.61 per 1,000. Boomers: 47,127 babies, 1.26 per 1,000. Gen X: 17,097 babies, 0.63 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,016 babies, 0.30 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,624 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,822 babies, 0.08 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
Inherited from Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (cognate with Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear + -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.
- A male given name from the Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Germanic
- Say it
- /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Bernard, CC BY-SA 4.0.