Given name & surname
Bera
“resembling a bear”·“she-bear”
Bera is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “resembling a bear” and “she-bear”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Original Hebrewברע
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “resembling a bear” and “she-bear”. These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
Bera is a feminine form of Björn. An origin associated with Björn is Old Norse.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Icelandic usage, Bera is a feminine form of Björn.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1890. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bera through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 193
- 12 boys · 181 girls
- Most popular year
- 1914
- 12 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 230 as a first name in 2020; 1,127 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bera’s family of names
In Icelandic usage, Bera is a feminine form of Björn. In Spanish usage, Bera as a surname has a related form in Vera. In Greek usage, Bera as a surname is a transliteration of Μπερά.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bera has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Proto-Germanic roots to each of them.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 26
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People named Bera
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