Berenger
surname · Latin script
Meaning, in French: from Germanic *ber(n)- 'bear' + *gari- 'spear'
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/bɛʁɑ̃ʒe/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Berenger is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in France than in any other country.
- FRFrance≈1 in 33K(inferred from the name graph)
- CICôte d’Ivoire≈1 in 40K
- MUMauritius≈1 in 139K
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.
- France (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 188 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 33K (inferred from the name graph)
≈2,100 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 Bérenger in CM Cameroon.
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 Germanic *ber(n)- 'bear' + *gari- 'spear'
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.
How Berenger is read(measured from records)
Berenger is one spelling over 2 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.
- French69%
from Germanic *ber(n)- 'bear' + *gari- 'spear'
as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Courage Of Bear
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- English21%
French; courage of bear
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The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Berenger 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | ≈2,100 est. | ≈1 in 33K | 920 | Berenger | 188 |
| CI Côte d’Ivoire | ≈680 est. | ≈1 in 40K | — | Berenger | 11 |
| BR Brazil | 173 | 1 in 1.2M | 173 | — | — |
| US United States | 158 | 1 in 2.1M | 219 | Berenger | 46 |
| ES Spain | ≈160 est. | ≈1 in 323K | — | Berenger | 3 |
| CM Cameroon | ≈150 est. | ≈1 in 186K | — | Bérenger | 7 |
| MU Mauritius | ≈10 est. | ≈1 in 139K | 2 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | ≈7 est. | ≈1 in 175K | listed | — | 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: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); OEC — National Assembly Elections 2024 Elected Candidates. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Richard Berengerb. 171918th Century English Courtier and Equestrian
- Myrna Berengerb. 1937LKbadminton player
- Tom Berengerb. 1949USAmerican actor (born 1949)
- Jo Bérengerb. 1960FRFrench film director
- Ana Helena Berengerb. 1961BRBrazilian actress
- Nicolas Berengerb. 1972FRskipper and navigator
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 24 sources across 13 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 339 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 333 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 324 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 323 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 293 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 286 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 281 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 270 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 259 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 239 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 219 | #90,519 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 191 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
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 Berenger mean, and where does it come from?
- from Germanic *ber(n)- 'bear' + *gari- 'spear' Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Berenger?
- A machine transcription gives /bɛʁɑ̃ʒe/ (IPA) for French.
- In which country does Berenger have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 2.1 thousand people named Berenger in France, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled berenger.
- How common is the name Berenger?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 173 people named Berenger, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
What do you want to know about Berenger?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/berengerThe 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, “Berenger”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.