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Bern - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bern

[ 1 syll. ber(n), be-rn ] The boy name Bern is pronounced BERN KEY. Bern's language of origin is Germanic. It is predominantly used in English and German. Bern is a short form of Bernard (English, French, and Italian).

Bern is not often used as a baby boy name. It is not listed within the top 1000. In 2008, among the family of boy names directly related to Bern, Bernard (English, French, and Italian) was the most regularly used.

Baby names that sound like Bern include Burn (English), Barn (English), Beirne (Irish), Bjarne (Scandinavian), Bjoern (Scandinavian), Bjorn (Scandinavian), Bjorne (Scandinavian), Björn (Scandinavian and German), Bjørn (Scandinavian), Brahm (English), Brain (English), Bram (Dutch and English), Bran (English), Bren (English), Brin (English and Welsh), Brinn (English), Bron (English and Irish), Brone (Irish), Brown (English), and Bryn (English and Welsh).

KEY: Pronunciation for Bern: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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