Bernarda
given name · Latin script
Meaning: Bernardine
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/beɾnaɾda/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bernarda is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the Netherlands than in any other country.
- NINicaragua≈1 in 1.2K(inferred from the name graph)
- PYParaguay≈1 in 2.1K
- CLChile≈1 in 3.1K
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.
- Netherlands (measured from records)
- Sources
- 154 (measured from records)
- 1 in 787 (inferred from the name graph)
6,183 people
Highest-authority source
Slovenia
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Bernardine
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bernarda 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NL Netherlands | — | 6,183 | 1 in 2.8K | 6.2K | Bernarda | 24 |
| CL Chile | #230 | ≈5,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.1K | 1 | Bernarda | 57 |
| NI Nicaragua | #107 | ≈5,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Bernarda | 11 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 23K | — | Bernarda | 21 |
| PL Poland | — | 4,441 | 1 in 8.6K | 4.4K | — | 1 |
| PY Paraguay | #275 | ≈3,400 est. | ≈1 in 2.1K | — | Bernarda | 21 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 2,671 | 1 in 787 | 2.7K | Bernarda | 7 |
| HR Croatia | — | 1,851 | 1 in 2.3K | 1.9K | — | 2 |
6,183 people counted by Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018). 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: SRCEI — Nombres más comunes (guaguas, 1920–2021); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names); SURS — resident population given names; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Bernarda is also recorded in 4 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, weibl. Vom., italienische und spa nische Form von
as a nameDUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
In Italian, female genitalia
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Latvian, upe Kanādā, Ziemeļrietumu Teritoriju Benksa salā, sākas salas dienvidaustrumu piekratses kalnos, ietek Ziemeļu Ledus okeānā, salas ziemeļrietumos
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
In Latvian, Sievietes vārds
as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)
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)
- Bernarda Ferreira de Lacerdab. 1596PTPortuguese scholar, writer, and playwright
- Bernarda Morinb. 1832CACanadian Catholic religious sister
- Maria Bernarda Bütlerb. 1848CHFranciscan missionary (1848-1924)
- Bernarda Bryson Shahnb. 1903USAmerican artist (1903-2004)
- Bernarda de Utrerab. 1927ESSpanish singer
- Bernarda Finkb. 1955ARArgentine mezzo-soprano
- Bernadett Bódib. 1986HUnot in their usual nameHungarian handball player
- Bernarda Ćutukb. 1990HRCroatian female volleyball player
- Bernarda Brunovicb. 1993CHSwiss singer
- Bernarda Perab. 1994HRCroatian-American tennis player
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)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 60 sources across 32 countries.
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- Rymut, Słownik nazwisk współcześnie w Polsce używanych (10 vols, IJP PAN, Kraków 1992–1994) — every Polish surname in the PESEL register at the end of 1990, with bearer counts nationally and per voivodeship1990
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 Bernarda mean, and where does it come from?
- Bernardine Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- What are other forms of the name Bernarda?
- In the etymology graph, Bernadette, Bernadine and Bernardina are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Bernarda?
- A machine transcription gives /beɾnaɾda/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Bernarda a male or female name?
- Bernarda is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Bernarda have the most bearers?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted about 6.2 thousand people named Bernarda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bernarda.
- Where is Bernarda most common?
- Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Bernarda is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 787 people — even though Netherlands holds more of our records for it.
- How common is the name Bernarda?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 6,183 people named Bernarda, about 1 in 2.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Bernarda compared with other names?
- In Nicaragua, Bernarda is the 107th most common given name of 16,569 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Bernarda?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bernardaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Bernarda” — the 107th most common given name in Nicaragua. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.