Bernard


Gender:
Origin: German
3741 famous people named Bernard found on Wikipedia.
199082 male, 984 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 1151-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 45-th in year 1921
Used in: Ancient-Germanic, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, French, Polish, Slovene

Meanings

A male given name: from Germanic words meaning “bear” and “hardy.”.

The masculine given name Bernard and its variations are of West Germanic origin.
The meaning of the name is from a Germanic compound Bern-hard meaning "bear-hardy/brave/strong", or "hardy/brave/strong as a bear". Bern- is the old form of bear, from West Germanic *beran-.
The name was notably popular among Old Frisian speakers, where the most common spelling was Bernhard.

Masc. proper name, from German Bernhard, literally "bold as a bear," from Old High German bero "bear" (see bear (n.)) + harti "hard, bold, strong" (see hard (adj.)). Saint Bernard (1091-1153) was the famous Cistercian monk; the breed of Alpine dogs is said to have been so called from early 18c. (in English by 1839), from the hospice founded in the Alpine pass that bears his name.

Derived from the Germanic element bern (bear) and hard (brave, hardy).

Famous People: 3741 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Bernard Madoff Piron 1938 American former businessman, stockbroker, investment advisor, financier and white collar criminal
2 Bernard Hopkins 1965 American boxer
3 Bernard Francis Law 1931 Catholic cardinal
4 Bernard Arnault 1949 French business magnate
5 Bernard C. Webber 1928
6 Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein 1887 British Army officer, Commander of Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein
7 Bernard Tomic 1992 Australian tennis professional
8 Bernard Hill 1944 English film, stage and television actor
9 Andy Bernard 1973 Fictional character on NBC's The Office
10 Bernard Cornwell 1944 British writer
11 Bernard Fox 1927 Welsh actor
12 Bernard Cribbins 1928 English character actor, voice-over artist and musical comedian
13 Bernard Sumner 1956 English musician
14 Crystal Bernard 1961 Actress
15 Bernard Lee 1908 English actor
16 Bernard of Clairvaux 1090 French abbot, theologian
17 Bernard King 1956 American basketball player
18 Bernard Herrmann 1911 American composer
19 Bernard Bresslaw 1934 British actor
20 Bernard Marcus 1929 American businessman
21 Bernard Edwards 1952 American bass player and record producer
22 Bernard 1992 Brazilian footballer
23 Bernard Baruch 1870 American businessman
24 Bernard Hinault 1954 French racing cyclist
25 Carlos Bernard 1962 American actor
26 Bernard Shaw 1940 American journalist
27 Bernard Kerik 1955 American police chief
28 Bernard Cazeneuve 1963 French prime minister
29 Bernard Montiel 1957 French actor
30 Bernard Manning 1930 English comedian
31 Bernard Lewinsky 1943 American photographer
32 Bernard Foley 1989 Australian rugby union player
33 Bernard Lagat 1974 Kenyan-born track runner competing for United States
34 Bernard Mendy 1981 Footballer
35 Bernard Ebbers 1941 Canadian businessman and fraudster
36 Giovani Bernard 1991 American football player, running back
37 Molly Bernard 1991 American actor
38 Bernard Purdie 1941 American drummer
39 Bernard Squarcini 1955 Director French intelligence agency
40 Bernard Williams 1929 English moral philosopher
41 Bernard Goldberg 1945 American journalist
42 Bernard Chazelle 1955 French computer scientist
43 Bernard Hogan-Howe 1957 Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis (of London)
44 Bernard Malamud 1914 American author
45 Jason Bernard 1938 American actor
46 Bernard Gabay French actor
47 Bernard Guetta 1951 French journalist
48 Bernard McGuirk 1957 American radio personality
49 Claude Bernard 1813 French physiologist
50 Bernard Loiseau 1951 French chef
51 Bernard Butler 1970 Musician, songwriter, record producer
52 Bernard Mabille 1947 French comedian
53 Bernard S. Cohen 1934 Former member of the Virginia House of Delegates and attorney
54 Bernard Tapie 1943 Businessman, politician
55 Bernard Curry 1974 Actor
56 Bernard Kay 1928 British actor
57 Bernard Fanning 1969 Rock musician
58 Bernard James 1985 American basketball player
59 Bernard Hepton 1925 Film and tv actor
60 Bernard Pollard 1984 Player of American football
61 Bernard Youens 1914 English actor
62 Bernard Berisha 1991 Footballer
63 Bernard Quatermass Fictional scientist
64 Bernard Haitink 1929 Dutch conductor and violinist
65 Bernard Carr Academic
66 Bernard Pierce 1990 American football player
67 Bernard Stiegler 1952 French philosopher
68 Bernard Levin 1928 British journalist, writer and broadcaster
69 Bernard Kouchner 1939 French diplomat
70 Bernard Jenkin 1959 British politician
71 Bernard White 1959 American actor
72 Bernard Miles 1907 British actor
73 Bernard d'Ormale 1941
74 Bernard Wright 1963 American musician
75 Susan Bernard 1948 American actress/model, writer and businesswoman
76 Bernard Palanca 1976 Actor
77 Bernard Fowler 1960 American musician, songwriter and actor
78 Bernard Moitessier 1925 French yacht racer
79 Bernard Bolzano 1781 Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest
80 Émile Bernard 1868 French painter
81 Bernard Werber 1961 French science fiction writer
82 Bernard Buffet 1928 French painter
83 Michelle Bernard 1963 American political analyst
84 Bernard Mandeville 1670 Anglo-Dutch academic
85 André Antoine Bernard 1751 French lawyer and revolutionary
86 Bernard Freyberg, 1st Baron Freyberg 1889 Military leader, viceroy, Victoria Cross
87 Bernard VII, Lord of Lippe 1428 Lord of Lippe
88 Bernard Berenson 1865 American art critic and historian, specializing in Italian Renaissance.
89 Bernard Tschumi 1944 Swiss architect
90 Bernard of Italy 0797 King of the Lombards
91 Bernard Ingham 1932 British journalist
92 Bernard Weatherill 1920 British politician
93 Alain Bernard 1983 French swimmer
94 Bernard Mensah 1994 Footballer
95 Bernard Gorcey 1886 American radio actor of Russian descent
96 Bernard Berrian 1980 American football player
97 Bernard Lama 1963 French footballer
98 Bernard Lonergan 1904 Canadian philosopher and theologian
99 Bernard Parker 1986 South African footballer
100 Bernard Gallacher 1949 Professional golfer
101 Bernard Coyne 1897 American giant
102 Bernard Kroger 1860 American businesspeople
103 Bernard Boursicot 1944 French diplomat
104 Bernard O'Mahoney 1960 British writer
105 Bernard Hayot 1934
106 Jeffrey Bernard 1932 British journalist
107 Bernard Barker 1917 Undercover operative
108 Bernard Poirette 1958 French journalist
109 Bernard Fitzalan-Howard, 16th Duke of Norfolk 1908 British Duke
110 Bernard Leach 1887 British studio potter and art teacher
111 Bernard Matthews 1930 British Businessman and turkey farmer
112 Bernard Rose 1960 English film director and actor
113 Bernard Spilsbury 1877 British pathologist
114 Bernard Murat 1941 French actor and film director
115 Kevin Bernard Character in the TV series Law & Order
116 Thelonious Bernard 1964 French actor
117 Bernard Coard 1944 Grenadian Deputy Prime Minister in the People's Revolutionary Government of the New Jewel Movement
118 Bernard Brogan 1984 Gaelic football player
119 Bernard Rhodes 1947 English music manager
120 Bernard Lovell 1913 English physicist and radio astronomer
121 A. R. Bernard 1953 American Christian clergyman
122 Bernard Bailyn 1922 American historian
123 Bernard Lanneau French actor
124 Ed Bernard 1939 American actor
125 Bernard Giroux 1950 French journalist
126 Bernard Slade 1930 Canadian screenwriter
127 Bernard Wesphael 1958 Belgian politician
128 Bernard Cornfeld 1927 American financier playboy
129 Bernard Katz 1911 German-born biophysicist
130 Bernard L. Kowalski 1929 Director
131 Bernard Fortin 1957 Canadian actor
132 Bernard Dunne 1980 Irish boxer
133 Bernard Maybeck 1862 Architect
134 Bernard Horsfall 1930 British actor
135 Bernard W. Rogers 1921 Former Chief of Staff of the United States Army
136 Bernard Nathanson 1926 American physician, pro-life activist and writer
137 Bernard Woolley
138 Bernard Lahire 1963 French sociologist
139 Bernard Fellay 1958 Swiss bishop
140 Olivier Bernard 1979 Footballer
141 Andrée Bernard 1966 British actress
142 Bernard Sananès 1963 French journalist
143 Bernard Weinstein 1952 Belgian criminal (1952-1995)
144 Bernard Chandran 1968 Malaysian fashion designer
145 Bernard Coy 1900 American bank robber
146 Cydney Bernard 1953
147 Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 French writer, satirist and philosopher of enlightenment
148 Bernard Gui 1261 French bishop
149 Bernard Harcourt 1963 American academic
150 Bernard Sherman 1942 Canadian philanthropist
151 Cheryl Bernard 1966 Curler
152 Bernard B. Fall 1926 American historian
153 Bernard Mourad 1975 French writer
154 Bernard Métraux 1954 French actor
155 Bernard Golay 1944 French television presenter
156 Bernard Archard 1916 English actor
157 Bernard Lafayette 1940 American civil rights activist
158 Bernard Schnieders 1958 Dutch motorcycle racer (1958-2005)
159 Bernard Weiner 1935 Psychologist
160 Bernard Caïazzo 1954 French businessperson
161 Bernard Spitzer 1924 American businessman and philanthropist
162 Bernard Dimey 1931 French writer, song poet and screen writer
163 Bernard Braden 1916 British actor
164 Bernard Crick 1929 British political theorist and democratic socialist
165 Pierre Bernard American comedian and graphic designer
166 Bernard Lown 1921 American cardiologist
167 Bernard Gallagher 1929 British actor
168 Bernard Palissy 1510 French potter and engineer
169 Bernard Diomède 1974 French footballer
170 Bernard Le Roux 1989 South African rugby union player
171 Bernard Lions 1970 French journalist
172 Bernard of Chartres 1100 Medieval philosopher and theologian
173 Bernard Punsly 1923 American actor, and later physician
174 Bernard Noël 1924 French actor
175 Bernard Haykel Historian
176 Bernard DeVoto 1897 American historian and author
177 Bernard of Menthon 0923 Priest and founder
178 Bernard Maris 1946 Jewish-French economist, writer and journalist
179 Bernard Aucouturier 1934 French educationist, educator and teacher
180 Bernard Voorhoof 1910 Belgian footballer
181 Bernard Natan 1886 Franco-Romanian film director and actor
182 Bernard Sahlins 1922 American theatre director
183 Bernard Scott 1984 Player of American football
184 Bernard Pivot 1935 French writer and presenter
185 Bernard M. Oliver 1916 American scientist
186 Bernard Bosanquet 1877 English cricket player
187 Bernard L. Schwartz 1926 American businessman
188 Bernard Giraudeau 1947 French actor, film director, scriptwriter, producer and writer
189 Bernard Blier 1916 French character actor
190 Bernard Lacombe 1952 French footballer
191 Bernard Casoni 1961 Footballer
192 Bernard C. Parks 1943 American politician
193 Bernard Pras 1952 French photographer
194 Bernard Germain de Lacépède 1756 French naturalist
195 Bernard Belle 1964 American musician
196 Bernard Joseph McLaughlin 1912 Catholic bishop
197 Bernard Hebda 1959 Roman Catholic bishop
198 Bernard Samson
199 Bernard Tekpetey 1997 Ghanaian footballer
200 Bernard I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1358 Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Prince of Lüneburg, Wolfenbüttel, and again Lüneburg