The name Bernard is usually given to a Boy.
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The origin of the name lies in French.
Bernard is pronounced as br-NAHRD/BUR-nrd
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Bernard is of Germanic origins and is a variant of the Old Germanic name Bernhard or Beornheard, a compound of two words, bern which means 'bear' and hard which means 'hardy, brave or strong'.
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Pronunciation
br-NAHRD/BUR-nrd
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Meaning
Derived from the Old
German element
Bern "bear" combined with hart "hard, firm, brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old
English cognate
Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including
Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and
Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and
Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the
Irish playwright and essayist
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal
Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).
Origin
English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Germanic
Pronunciation
/bəɹ.ˈnɑɹd/(American English) /ˈbɜː.nəd/(British English) /bɛʁ.naʁ/(French) /ˈbɛr.nɑrt/(Dutch) /ˈbɛr.nart/(Polish, Czech) BEHR-nart(Croatian)