Bernhart

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bernhart.

Proper noun

Bernhart (plural Bernharts)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bernhart is the 41164th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 529 individuals. Bernhart is most common among White (94.14%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bernhart

  1. a male given name from Old High German, equivalent to English Bernard.

Proper noun

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

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

References

  1. ^ A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Bernard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Heuser, Rita, Bernhart, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands
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