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Berend

“as brave as a bear”

Berend is used as a given name and a surname. One German interpretation is “as brave as a bear.”

Original GermanBernhard

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Meaning & origin

What it means

One German interpretation is “as brave as a bear.”

Where it comes from

An origin associated with this spelling is German.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Berend through the years

Babies since 1880
38
38 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2024
10 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
02462025Highest share 20240.0
Berend in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2003–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 132 as a first name in 2020; 599 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.

Berend’s family of names

In Norwegian usage, Berend has a feminine form in BERENDINA. In Dutch usage, Berend has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Bernardo. In Dutch usage, Berend has a conventional equivalent in the German form BERNHARD.

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BerendBehrendBerandBehrundBehrondBehrandBehryndBehrindBerundBerondBeryndBerindBernardBernardoBernhardBernalBernaldoBerendinaBernatBernezBerendtBernátBernharðBernharðurBerendsen

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Around the world

Berend has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its German roots to each of them.

German

Germanwhere Berend comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 11

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

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Across languages 13

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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People named Berend

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