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All around the world, بيرني (Bernie , Berni , Barnie ) is a common largely masculine, but infrequently female forename. The forename بيرني is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a common primarily feminine, but very seldom masculine name, Philippines, where it is quite a common predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine name, and Australia, where it is quite a rare gender-neutral name. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Philippines, the United States, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Much less frequently, بيرني is the last name as well as the forename.
بيرني is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bernie the Fox , the comic character; Berni , the UEFA Euro 1988 mascot; Bernie McCullough , the fictonal character, The Bernie Mac Show; Bernie Rhodenbarr , the fictional character and Bernie , the fictional jellyfish, Shark Tale, among other works.