| [ syll. ber-nar-di-ne, be-rnard-ine ] The girl name Bernardine is pronounced B-erNaaRDIYN- KEY. Bernardine's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in French. Bernardine is a variant form of the French Bernadette. Bernardine is a rare baby name for girls. At the peak of its usage in 1931, 0.007% of baby girls were named Bernardine. Its ranking then was #777. The baby name has since slipped in popularity, and is used only on a very modest scale now. Out of all girl names in its group, Bernardine was nevertheless the most frequently used in 2007. A baby name that sounds like Bernardine is the English Bernardina. KEY: approx English pronunciation for Bernardine: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"
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