Bérard

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Germanic name from elements bera 'bear' and hard 'hard, strong, brave'

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/beʀaʀ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bérard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FRFrance≈1 in 9.8K(inferred from the name graph)
  • CACanada≈1 in 21K
  • USUnited States1 in 93K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

China (inferred from the name graph)

≈63,000 people, est.

Sources
298 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 9.8K (inferred from the name graph)

France, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Berard in US United States, FR France, CA Canada and 4 more.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Germanic name from elements bera 'bear' and hard 'hard, strong, brave'.

Sources 1

  • Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Attested across 22 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bérard counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bérard is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CN China—≈63,000 est.≈1 in 22K—Berard4
FR France#552≈6,900 est.≈1 in 9.8K868Berard264
US United States—3,5821 in 93K3.6KBerard298
CA Canada—≈1,800 est.≈1 in 21K—Berard127
DZ Algeria—≈1,100 est.≈1 in 39K—Berard3
FI Finland—≈270 est.≈1 in 21K—Berard2
JM Jamaica#837≈180 est.≈1 in 16K—Berard1

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bérard is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name4 spellings in the group

    Also written Bêrard, Berárd, Berard

  • French (Martinique) surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Martinique

    Also written Berard

  • Russian surname11 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, United States, Serbia, Türkiye

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Берар, Berard, Берард, Berar

18 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bérard is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, Du nom germanique Berhard, de ber(n) « ours » et hard « dur, fort ».

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

  • In French, Origine germanique, signifie « ours fort ».

    as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

175018001850190019502000Joseph Frédéric Bérard, b. 1789Victor Bérard, b. 1864Léon Bérard, b. 1870Léon Bérard, b. 1876Christian Bérard, b. 1902Armand Bérard, b. 1904Jean Bérard, b. 1908Jacques Bérard, b. 1929Odile Rodin, b. 1937Julien Bérard, b. 1987

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalMonsieur,Dear Mr Bérard, (English)
InformalBonjour Bérard,Hi Bérard, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 7 sources across 3 countries.

Reference works 4

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bérard mean, and where does it come from?
Germanic name from elements bera 'bear' and hard 'hard, strong, brave'. Recorded by Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education).
How do you pronounce Bérard?
A machine transcription gives /beʀaʀ/ (IPA) for French.
In which country does Bérard have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 63 thousand people named Bérard in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berard.
How common is the name Bérard?
In the United States, the national register counted 3,582 people named Bérard in 2010, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
How common is Bérard compared with other names?
In France, Bérard is the 552nd most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bérard” — the 552nd most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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