Bernardi
surname · Latin script
Meaning: a surname transferred from the given name
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛrnardi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Bernardi is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Italy than in any other country.
- ITItaly≈1 in 4.1K(inferred from the name graph)
- ARArgentina1 in 9.8K
- BRBrazil≈1 in 34K
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.
- Italy (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 155 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 4.1K (inferred from the name graph)
≈15,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Italy, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
a surname transferred from the given name
Sources 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Bernardi 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IT Italy | — | ≈15,000 est. | ≈1 in 4.1K | listed | Bernardi | 88 |
| BR Brazil | #551 | ≈6,200 est. | ≈1 in 34K | 277 | Bernardi | 137 |
| AR Argentina | #782 | 4,663 | 1 in 9.8K | 4.7K | Bernardi | 80 |
| FR France | — | ≈3,200 est. | ≈1 in 21K | 351 | — | 2 |
| US United States | — | 3,050 | 1 in 109K | 3K | Bernardi | 155 |
| CH Switzerland | — | 477 | 1 in 18K | 477 | Bernardi | 16 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 459 | 1 in 7.4K | 459 | Bernardi | 28 |
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: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public); BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames); 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Bernardi is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Italian, do nome germânico Bernhardh, latinizado em Bernardus
as a nameDicionário dos sobrenomes italianos
In German, Patronymischer Familienname zu Rufname Bernhard/Bernard (< germ. Bernhard, ‚Bär‘ + ‚hart, stark‘).
as a nameDeutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 6: Familiennamen aus Rufnamen
In Latin, genitive of Bernardus
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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)
- Senesinob. 1686ITnot in their usual nameItalian castrato (1686-1758)
- Nerio Bernardib. 1899ITItalian actor (1899-1971)
- Guido Bernardib. 1921ITOlympic cyclist
- Herschel Bernardib. 1923USAmerican actor (1923–1986)
- Mario Bernardib. 1930CACanadian conductor and pianist
- Lorenzo Bernardib. 1968ITItalian volleyball player
- Cory Bernardib. 1969AUAustralian politician (1969–)
- Nicolas Bernardib. 1976FRWorld Rally Championship driver
- Lucas Bernardib. 1977ARArgentine footballer
- Paloma Bernardib. 1985BRBrazilian actress
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)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 45 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 18K | #883 |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national) | — | 4.7K | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3K | #10,517 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 2.9K | #10,501 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 2.9K | #10,251 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 566 | — |
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 477 | #2,721 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 468 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 459 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 428 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 404 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 402 | — |
Reference works 8
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia surname 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
- Hoffman, Polish Surnames: Origins and Meanings (2nd ed., 2012)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
- Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary
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 Bernardi mean, and where does it come from?
- a surname transferred from the given name Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- In which country does Bernardi have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 15 thousand people named Bernardi in Italy, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bernardi.
- How do you pronounce Bernardi?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛrnardi/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- How common is the name Bernardi?
- In Argentina, the national register counted 4,663 people named Bernardi, about 1 in 9.8 thousand residents.
- How common is Bernardi compared with other names?
- In Brazil, Bernardi is the 551st most common surname of 424,864 surnames recorded there.
What do you want to know about Bernardi?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/bernardiThe 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, “Bernardi” — the 551st most common surname in Brazil. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.