Given name · also Latin
Bernardas
Bernardas is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic. It is used in Lithuanian.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Bernardas comes from Latin, and ultimately from Proto-Germanic.
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How it developed
From Latin Bernardus, from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz.
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Bernardas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Bernardas has a diminutive in BERNOTAS. In Lithuanian usage, Bernardas shares a linguistic root with the German form Bernard. In Lithuanian usage, Bernardas shares a linguistic root with the Italian form Bernardo.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Bernardas 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.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Bernardas
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“bear”
83% boys · 17% girls