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First name origins & meanings:

  1. French: Brave as a bear
  2. English: Intelligent; Feminine version of Bernard
  3. German: Bold as a bear

First name variations: Bern, Bernadete, Berna, Bernadina, Berneta, Bernetta, Berni, Bernadine, Burnice, Burney, Burnette, Bernadette, Barnard, Barney, Barnie, Barny, Bernd, Berndt, Bern, Berne, Bernardo, Bernhard, Bernhardt, Bjorn, Barend, Barnum, Barn, Barnardine, Berend, Bernard

This name appears in the following lists: Before They Were Famous - Name Changers