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Bernhard - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bernhard
 
 

 



[ 2 syll. ber-(n)har(d), be-rnha-rd ] The boy name Bernhard is pronounced as BERNHHaaRD KEY. Bernhard is used mostly in German and its language of origin is Germanic. Bernhard is a variation of the English and French name Bernard.

Bernhard is an unusual baby name for boys. Its usage peaked in 1916 with 0.006% of baby boys being named Bernhard. It ranked at #835 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in frequency, and is currently used on a very modest scale. In 2007, among the group of boy names directly related to Bernhard, the English and French Bernard was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Bernhard include the English Barnard, the English Barnardo, the English Barnhard, the Irish and Scottish Bearnard, the English and French Bernard, the German Bernhardt, the English Burnard, the English Barnhardo, the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish Bernardo, and the English Bernhardo.

KEY: English pronunciation for Bernhard: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; HH as in "he (HH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


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