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Bernard Name Meaning

Bernard meaning

Name :

Bernard spker

Gender :
Masculine
Meaning of Bernard :

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Variant Names of Bernard:

Barnard, Barnardo, Barney, Barnhard, Barnhardo

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Popularity Rank :

Bernard name was top ranked at 52 position in American during year 1930and most recently ranked at 1191 position in American during year 2012

     

Name Bernard has been Most Popular throughout the last hundred plus years and ranked at 359 position. 198579 numbers of people were named Bernard so far in last 100 years. (SSA)

More about :
The masculine name Bernard is derived from the Germanic element bern that means “bear” and is combined with the word hard meaning “hardy or brave”. The name was brought to England by the Normans, where it replaced the name Beornhear an Old English cognate. The name has been given to many saints, from Saint Bernard of Menthon to Saint Bernard of Clairvaux.
Bernard Numerology :
Personality No. 11. People with name Bernard tend to be charismatic, cooperative, intuitive, and have a pleasing personality with a gentle manner. Person with Bernard having 11 as Personality number work hard to gain confidence and overcome in-born shyness. As a child, and into your early twenties, nervous energy may have caused you to bite your nails or express your nervousness in other ways. You are extremely sensitive and intuitive. More Numerology

More About Name : Bernard

  • The meaning of the name is from a Germanic compound Bern-hard meaning bear-hardy, or brave as a bear.[2] Bern- is the old form of bear from West Germanic *beran

  • Derived from the Old High German Berinhard (bold as a bear), a compound name composed of the elements bern (bear) and hard (bold, hearty, brave, strong).

Name Analysis of Bernard

Character Analysis of Bernard : Persons with the name Bernard are co-operative, courteous and are very considerate individuals. They have a tendency to be able to sense the feelings of others, with the knack to be able to demonstrate certain mediation skills when handling complicated situations. They know how to organize and handle Persons with care and ease. Peace and harmony are of the utmost importance to them.

Love Life of Bernard : Persons are very sensitive and do not like to show off their intimate quality.

Name Letter Analysis of Bernard

B : Persons are sensitive and a bit of an introvert, but still manage to be personable and compassionate

E : Persons are freedom-loving, sensual and enthusiastic

R : Persons feel things strongly and their rich, intense inner life emanates outward

N : Persons are a "think outside the box" kind of person -- creative and original

A : Persons are their own person: ambitious and freethinking

R : Persons feel things strongly and their rich, intense inner life emanates outward

D : Persons are grounded and pragmatic

Astrological (Vedic) Aspect of Name Bernard

Acoording to vedic astrology , Rashi for the name Bernard is Dhanu and Moon sign associated with the name Bernard is Saggitarius.

The name Bernard has Fire element. Jupiter is the Ruling Planet for the name Bernard . The name Bernard having moon sign as Saggitarius is represented by The Archer and considered as Mutable .

Normally, people with the name Bernard are very active. Such people are filled with energy and optimism. They are good orators.

Other name options, having Saggitarius moon sign are name starting with : Ba, Be, Bha, Bhi, Bhu, Dha, Pha, Dha, Dhha, Bhe, Bho, Faa, Ddha, Bh, Fi, Fa, Fo, Fu, Rh.

Nakshatra (Vedic) of Name Bernard

The name Bernard is suitable for baby born in Mrigashirsha nakshatra

Mrigashirsha Nakshatra: "The deer's head". Also known as āgrahāyaṇī

Lord: Mangala (Mars)
Symbol: Deer's head
Deity: Soma, Chandra, the Moon god
Indian zodiac: 23° 20' Vrishabha - 6° 40' Mithuna
Western zodiac: 19°20' Gemini - 2°40' Cancer
Other name options, having Mrigashirsha nakashatra are name starting with : Ve, Be, Vo, Bo, Ka, Ke.

Famous Name Bernard

  • Bernard Considine

    was an Australian sportsman who played first-class cricket for Victoria and Tasmania as well as Australian rules football with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Considine, an Old Paradian, played regularly for Hawthorn from Round 7 in the 1952 VFL season. He managed just three senior appearances the next season and ended his league career with 16 games and seven goals. As a right arm fast bowler, Considine took 25 wickets at 29.44 from eight first-class matches. His best bowling performance was figures of 6/85 which were taken when he represented Victoria against Western Australia at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in a Sheffield Shield match. The Ararat born paceman played one match for Tasmania, in 1954/55, against the Marylebone Cricket Club and his three top order wickets were Denis Compton, Len Hutton and Reg Simpson.

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  • Alain Bernard

    is a French swimmer from Aubagne. Bernard has won three medals in the 2008 Summer Olympics. After competing on the silver medal-winning French 4 x 100 m relay team,

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