| [ 2 syll. ber-nie, be-rn-ie ] The boy name Bernie is sometimes used as a girl name. Its pronunciation is BERNiy KEY. Bernie is used chiefly in the English language and it is derived from Germanic origins. Bernie is a pet form of the name Bernard (English and French). Bernie is rare as a baby name for boys. At the modest peak of its usage in 1907, 0.013% of baby boys were given the name Bernie. Its ranking then was #513. The baby name has since substantially fallen in popularity, and is today of very light use. In 2007, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Bernie, Bernard (English and French) was the most frequently used. Baby names that sound like Bernie include Barna (Hungarian), Barney (English), Barnie (English), Barny (English), Brahim (Albanian), Brannon (English), Brennan (English and Irish), Brennen (English), Brennon (English), Brian (English and Irish), Brien (English), Brion (English), Bruin (Scandinavian), Bruno (Czech, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Scandinavian, Slavic, Slovenian, and Spanish), Bryan (English and German), Bryen (English), Bryon (English), Burhan (Arabic and Turkish), Burim (Albanian), Byron (English), Bern (German), Bjarne (Scandinavian), Björn (Scandinavian), Bjørn (Scandinavian), Brahm (English), Brain (English), Bram (Dutch and English), Brayan (English), Bren (English), Brin (Welsh), Bron (English), Bryn (Welsh), Brynn (English), and Burimi (Albanian). KEY: Pronunciation for Bernie: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"
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