Bernarda
Bernardia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described for modern science as a genus in 1754. It is native to North and South America, as well as the West Indies.Species
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Bernarda
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bernardia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae first described for modern science as a genus in 1754. It is native to North and South America, as well as the West Indies.Species
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Slovene
- Croatian
- Spanish
The Story of Bernarda
The earliest SSA record of Bernarda as a baby girl name dates back to 1908, when 6 babies received it. 1927 was its biggest year on record, with 17 newborns named Bernarda — #2,170 in the national rankings. About 28% of every Bernarda on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Bernarda last appeared in the published SSA data in 1995, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 360 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Bernarda
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bernarda. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Bernarda
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About the name Bernarda
Bernarda is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 360 births in the dataset. Bernarda's peak popularity came in 1927 when it ranked #2,170. Use the chart and map above to compare Bernarda's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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