Given name & surname
Berna
“one who has bearlike strength and courage”
Berna is a variant of Bernadine. In English use, Bernadine carries the interpretation “one who has bearlike strength and courage.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Berna is a variant of Bernadine. In English use, Bernadine carries the interpretation “one who has bearlike strength and courage.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1895. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Berna through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,466
- 0 boys · 1,466 girls
- Most popular year
- 1929
- 48 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 girls is 5 in 1991. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 48 in 1929. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,446 as a first name in 2020; 978 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.
Berna’s family of names
Berna has a related form in Bernadine. In Turkish usage, Berna has a conventional equivalent in the Persian form برنا.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Berna
- Berna Carrascochess player (1914-2013)
- Berna LaçinTurkish actor (born 1970)
- Berna GözbaşıTurkish businessperson (born 1974)
- Berna YeniçeriTurkish association football player (born 1996)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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