Berard
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Berard is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from OFr Berart or OG Berard, 'bear-strong'; first attested Berardus c1125 Bury (Sf).
- 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)
- Sources
- 298 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 9.8K (inferred from the name graph)
≈63,000 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:
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 OFr Berart or OG Berard, 'bear-strong'; first attested Berardus c1125 Bury (Sf)
Sources 1
- A Dictionary of English Surnames
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Berard 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 | — | ≈63,000 est. | ≈1 in 22K | — | Berard | 4 |
| FR France | #552 | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 9.8K | 868 | Berard | 264 |
| US United States | — | 3,582 | 1 in 93K | 3.6K | Berard | 298 |
| CA Canada | — | ≈1,800 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Berard | 127 |
| DZ Algeria | — | ≈1,100 est. | ≈1 in 39K | — | Berard | 3 |
| FI Finland | — | ≈270 est. | ≈1 in 21K | — | Berard | 2 |
| JM Jamaica | #837 | ≈180 est. | ≈1 in 16K | — | Berard | 1 |
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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Berard is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Berardus c1125 Bury (Sf), 1143–7 DC (L); Reginaldus filius Berard’ 1221 AssGl; William, Ralph Berard 1208–12 Cur (Y). OFr Berart, OG Berard ‘bear-strong’.
as a nameA Dictionary of English Surnames
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)
- Joseph Frédéric Bérardb. 1789FRFrench physician
- Victor Bérardb. 1864FRFrench classical scholar, diplomat and politician (1864–1931)
- Léon Bérardb. 1870FRFrench surgeon and oncologist (1870-1955)
- Léon Bérardb. 1876FRFrench politician (1876-1960)
- Christian Bérardb. 1902FRFrench artist, fashion illustrator, and designer (1902-1949)
- Jacques Bérardb. 1929FRFrench politician (1929–2014)
- Odile Rodinb. 1937FRnot in their usual nameFrench actress (1937–2018)
- Bryan Berardb. 1977USAmerican ice hockey defenceman
- Julien Bérardb. 1987FRFrench cyclist
- Kally Berardb. 1999USCanadian 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).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 28 sources across 15 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 3.6K | #9,118 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 3.5K | #8,672 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 3.4K | #9,108 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 1.3K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 1.2K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 1.1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 1K | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 981 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 932 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 907 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 883 | — |
Reference works 7
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- 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 Berard mean, and where does it come from?
- from OFr Berart or OG Berard, 'bear-strong'; first attested Berardus c1125 Bury (Sf) Recorded by A Dictionary of English Surnames.
- What are other forms of the name Berard?
- In the etymology graph, Bernat, Berardo and Bernát are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Berard have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 63 thousand people named Berard in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berard.
- How common is the name Berard?
- In the United States, the national register counted 3,582 people named Berard in 2010, about 1 in 93 thousand residents.
- How common is Berard compared with other names?
- In France, Berard is the 552nd most common surname of 1,200,812 surnames recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/berardThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
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, “Berard” — the 552nd most common surname in France. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.