Bērnãrd
surname · Latin script
Bērnãrd is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. In France it is the 51st most common given name. Recorded meaning: From English Bernard, from Germanic.
- FRFrance≈1 in 422(inferred from the name graph)
- BEBelgium≈1 in 627
- CMCameroon≈1 in 856
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)
- Sources
- 430 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 422 (inferred from the name graph)
≈660,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
France, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Bernard in FR France, US United States, PH Philippines and 6 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)
From English Bernard, from Germanic.
Sources 12
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
- A concise dictionary of first names
- A dictionary of surnames
- Dizionario dei cognomi italiani
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
Attested across 32 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bērnãrd 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈660,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Bernard | 27 |
| FR France | #51 | ≈160,000 est. | ≈1 in 422 | 469K | Bernard | 430 |
| US United States | — | 82,518 | 1 in 4K | 82K | Bernard | 420 |
| PH Philippines | #905 | ≈62,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Bernard | 90 |
| GB United Kingdom | — | ≈37,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.8K | — | Bernard | 153 |
| CM Cameroon | #75 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 856 | — | Bernard | 41 |
| CA Canada | #579 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.7K | 4 | Bernard | 189 |
| BE Belgium | #61 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 627 | 5.1K | Bernard | 162 |
| CH Switzerland | #224 | ≈5,600 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | 1.1K | Bernard | 108 |
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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Familienaam.be — Belgian family-name frequency (population register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames). 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Bērnãrd mean, and where does it come from?
- From English Bernard, from Germanic. Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames and A concise dictionary of first names and 10 other sources.
- In which country does Bērnãrd have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 656 thousand people named Bērnãrd in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bernard.
- How common is the name Bērnãrd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 82,518 people named Bērnãrd in 2020, about 1 in 4.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Bērnãrd compared with other names?
- In France, Bērnãrd is the 51st most common given name of 754,146 given names 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, “Bērnãrd” — the 51st most common given name in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.