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Bernward - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Bernward

[ syll. ber-nwar(d), be-rnwa-rd ] The boy name Bernward is pronounced B-ERNWAOerD KEY. Bernward's language of origin is Germanic and it is predominantly used in German. Two-element name derived from ber and wart which are of the meanings 'bear' and 'guardian, defender' respectively.

Bernward is an uncommon baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000.

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

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Bernward: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; W as in "we (W.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; ER as in "hurt (HH.ER.T)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)"


 
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Meaning of Bernward