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 [ 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 and Old English origins. Bernie is a pet form of the name Bernard (English, French, and Italian) in the English language. Bernie is also a variant of the name Bradburn (English). 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 2008, out of the group of boy names directly linked to Bernie, Bernard (English, French, and Italian) was the most frequently used. Bernie has predominantly been a boy name in the past century. Baby names that sound like Bernie include Berny (English), Burnie (English), Burny (English), Bajram (Albanian), Baram (Hebrew), Baran (Russian), Barna (Hungarian), Barney (English), Barnie (English), Barny (English), Baron (English), Barron (English), Berin (English), Berman (English), Berno (Czech), Berwin, Birin (English), Biron (English), Bjarni (Scandinavian), and Brahim (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)"   |
