Given name · Hebrew · Yiddish
בער
בער (ber) is a masculine given name from Middle High German, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Hebrew and YiddishWritten in Hebrew script, read right to left. In English: Ber.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
בער comes from Middle High German, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Middle High German bër, from Old High German bëro; its root is Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
בער’s family of names
In Yiddish usage, בער has a diminutive in בערל. In Yiddish usage, בער can be written in the Roman alphabet as Ber. In Hebrew usage, בער can be written in the Roman alphabet as b'or.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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