# Bernard
## English
### Alternative forms

* (surname): Barnard

### Etymology

From Middle English Bernard, from Old French Bernard, Bernart, from Medieval Latin Bernardus, probably from Frankish *Bernhard (compare Old High German Bernhart, Old English Beornheard), from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz, equivalent to bear +‎ -ard. Popularized by medieval European saints.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈbɜːnəd/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (US) IPA: /bəɹˈnɑɹd/
* Rhymes: (UK) -ɜːnəd, (US) -ɑː(ɹ)d

### Proper noun

Bernard
* A male given name from the Germanic languages.
** 1992, Thomas Keneally, Woman of the Inner Sea, Plume, published 1994, →ISBN, pages 18–19:A similar arrangement was made for her son Bernard, named in honor of the great Carthusian mystic (at least, that is what Jim Gaffney would softly tell Mrs. Kozinski) and of Bernie Astor, the publicist.
* A surname originating as a patronymic.

#### Related terms

* Bernadette
* Bernie

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* barn red, Brander, brander, Bradner, re-brand, rebrand

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From English Bernard, from Germanic.

### Proper noun

Bernard
* a male given name from English [in turn from the Germanic languages]

#### Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Bernard.

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈbɛrnart]

### Proper noun

Bernard m anim
* a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

#### Declension
## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛʁ.naʁ/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Proper noun

Bernard m
* a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard
* a surname originating as a patronymic

## German
### Alternative forms

* Bernhard
* Bernhardt
* Bernhart

### Etymology

From Old High German Bernhart, from Old High German bero (“bear”, cf. Bär), + Old High German hart (“hard, strong”, cf. hart). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *Bernuharduz.

### Proper noun

Bernard m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bernards)
* a male given name from Old High German

### Proper noun

Bernard m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bernards or (with an article) Bernard, feminine genitive Bernard, plural Bernards)
* a surname transferred from the given name

### References

* ↑ A. Brown, G. Grim, R. Le Get, J. Pepe, J. Uckelman, S.L. Uckelman. "Bernard". In S.L. Uckelman, ed. The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, Edition 2023, no. 1.
* 1 2 Heuser, Rita, Bernard, in: Digitales Familiennamenwörterbuch Deutschlands

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛr.nart/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛrnart
* Syllabification: Ber‧nard

### Proper noun

Bernard m pers
* a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Bernard in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /běrnard/

### Proper noun

Bèrnard m (Cyrillic spelling Бѐрнард)
* a male given name

#### Declension

This entry needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “Bernard”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2025

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbɛrnard/

### Proper noun

Bernard m pers
* a male given name, equivalent to English Bernard

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “Bernard”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025