Bernadine

  • [ BUR-nə-deen ]
  • English
Feminine form of BERNARD.

BERNARD   male   English, French, Dutch, Polish, Croatian, Slovene, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Derived from the Germanic element bern "bear" combined with hard "brave, hardy". The Normans brought it to England, where it replaced the Old English cognate Beornheard. This was the name of several saints, including Saint Bernard of Menthon who built hospices in the Swiss Alps in the 10th century, and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, a 12th-century theologian and Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include the Irish playwright and essayist George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) and the British World War II field marshal Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976).
EQUIVALENTS
CROATIAN: Bernarda
SLOVENE: Bernarda
SPANISH: Bernarda
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
ENGLISH: Bernadette, Bernie, Berny
FRENCH: Bernadette, Bernardine
HUNGARIAN: Bernadett
ITALIAN: Bernardetta, Bernardina, Dina
SPANISH: Bernardita
MASCULINE FORMS
ANCIENT GERMANIC: Berard, Berinhard, Bernard, Bernhard
BASQUE: Beñat
CATALAN: Bernat
CROATIAN: Bernard, Dino
CZECH: Bernard
DANISH: Bernhard, Bernt
DUTCH: Barend, Ben, Bernard, Bernhard
ENGLISH: Barney, Bernard, Bernie, Berny
FRENCH: Bernard
FRISIAN: Bent
GERMAN: Benno, Bernd, Bernhard
HUNGARIAN: Bernát
ITALIAN: Berardo, Bernardino, Bernardo, Dino
NORWEGIAN: Bernhard, Bernt
POLISH: Bernard
PORTUGUESE: Bernardino, Bernardo
SLOVENE: Bernard
SPANISH: Bernardino, Bernardo
SWEDISH: Bernhard, Bernt