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Throughout the world, Birnie (Birnie , 伯尼 , بيرني) is a rare predominantly boy's, but scarcely feminine first name. The given name Birnie is habitual in Philippines, where it is a rare masculine name, the United States, where it is an extremely rare largely male, but uncommonly girly name, and China, where it is an extremely rare boy's name. More prevalently, Birnie is the last name as well as the forename.
Birnie is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Bernie the Fox , the comic character; Bernie McCullough , the fictonal character, The Bernie Mac Show; Bernie Rhodenbarr , the fictional character and Bernie , the fictional jellyfish, Shark Tale.