Given name & surname
Bernat
Bernat is a masculine given name from Catalan. It is used in English, Catalan, and Occitan.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In Catalan use, Bernat shares an earlier linguistic root with Bernard. An origin associated with Bernard is Germanic.
Explained through its name family
Bernat’s family of names
Bernat shares a linguistic root with Bernard. In Occitan usage, Bernat has a conventional equivalent in the French form Bernard.
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Around the world
Bernat has relatives in 3 languages.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Bernardcognate · Polish, French
- Bernardoequivalent
- Berendequivalent
- Bernalequivalent
- Bernaldoequivalent
- Bernhardequivalent
- Bernezequivalent
- Bernharðequivalent
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See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Bernat
- Bernard Desclotchronicler from the Kingdom of Aragon1300–1280
- Bernat MartorellCatalan painter (1390-1452)
- Bernat MetgeSpanish humanist1346–1413
- Bernardo CapóSpanish cyclist (1919-2000)
- Bernat ErtaSpanish sprinterborn 2001
- Bernat Fenollarclergyman, teacher and poet1438–1516
- Bernat SoriaSpanish physician and politicianborn 1951
- Bernat Joan i MaríSpanish politicianborn 1960
- Bernat MartínezSpanish motorcycle racer (1980–2015)
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