Given name & surname
Bernarda
“one who has bearlike strength and courage”
Bernarda is a variant of Bernadine. In English use, Bernadine carries the interpretation “one who has bearlike strength and courage.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Bernarda is a variant of Bernadine. In English use, Bernadine carries the interpretation “one who has bearlike strength and courage.”
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In Italian usage, Bernarda is a feminine form of Bernardo.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1908. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bernarda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 360
- 0 boys · 360 girls
- Most popular year
- 1927
- 17 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 1995. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 1927. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,604 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bernarda’s family of names
In Slovenian usage, Bernarda has a diminutive in Berni. In Italian usage, Bernarda is a feminine form of Bernardo. Bernarda has a related form in Bernadine.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bernarda has relatives in 3 languages.
2 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 3
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bernarda
- Bernarda PeraCroatian-American tennis playerborn 1994
- Bernarda FinkArgentine mezzo-sopranoborn 1955
- Bernadett BódiHungarian handball playerborn 1986
- Bernarda de LacerdaPortuguese scholar, writer, and playwright1595–1644
- Bernarda ĆutukCroatian female volleyball playerborn 1990
- Bernarda BrčićCroatian volleyball playerborn 1991
- Bernarda BrunovićSwiss singerborn 1993
- Bernarda MorinCanadian Catholic religious sister1832–1929
- Bernarda Bryson ShahnAmerican artist (1903-2004)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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