Given name & surname · also Dutch

Bernards

Bernards is a surname from Dutch, ultimately from German.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Bernards comes from Dutch, and ultimately from German.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From German Bernards.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

BernardsBernard

The ring: across languages.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Across languages 1

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

Similar names

If you love Bernards, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

German

Benzing

Benzing is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

German

Bensman

Bensman is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

German

Berling

Berling is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

Germanic

Bero

Bero is a surname, possibly from German, ultimately from Germanic. It is used in English and Slovak.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

German

Benter

Benter is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

German

Berghoff

Berghoff is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

German

Bendorf

Bendorf is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

German

Behrle

Behrle is a surname from German.

No U.S. birth series

—

Sibling ideas

Names that share Bernards’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Bernards

A sister for Bernards