Bernard

• (surname): Barnard

From Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (compare Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear +‎ -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbɜːnəd/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
• Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːnəd, (US) -ɑː(ɹ)d

Bernard

1. A male given name from the Germanic languages.
   • 1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 18–19:

     A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.

2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

• barn red, Brander, brander, Bradner, re-brand, rebrand

From English Bernard, from Germanic.

Bernard

1. a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bernard.

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛrnart]

Bernard m anim

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.naʁ/

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Bernard m

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard
2. a surname originating as a patronymic

• Bernhard
• Bernhardt
• Bernhart

From Old High German Bernhart, from Old High German bero (“bear”, cf. Bär), + Old High German hart (“hard, strong”, cf. hart).^[1][2] Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz.

Bernard m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bernards)

1. a male given name from Old High German

Bernard m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bernards or (with an article) Bernard, feminine genitive Bernard, plural Bernards)

1. a surname transferred from the given name^[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛr.nart/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnart
• Syllabification: Ber‧nard

Bernard m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

• Bernard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• IPA^(key): /běrnard/

Bèrnard m anim (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрнард)

1. a male given name

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• “Bernard”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛrnard/

Bernard m pers

1. a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

• “Bernard”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025