Bernardina
Bernardina is a female given name. It may refer to:Bernardina Adriana Schramm, a New Zealand pianist and music teacher Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Berny Boxem-Lenferink, a Dutch middle-distance runner
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Bernardina
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bernardina is a female given name. It may refer to:Bernardina Adriana Schramm, a New Zealand pianist and music teacher Princess Bernardina Christina Sophia of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, a princess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach and Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt Berny Boxem-Lenferink, a Dutch middle-distance runner
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Bernardina
Bernardina first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1908, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1925: 11 births, good for #2,939 nationwide. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 31% of all recorded Bernardinas. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2006 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 166 Bernardinas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Bernardina
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Bernardina. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Bernardina
Phonetically similar names — useful when Bernardina is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Bernardino
- Bernardini
- Bernardine
- Bernardin
- Bernardi
- Bernarda
- Bernardo
- Bernadine
- Barnardo
- Bernard
- Barnard
- Berardi
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About the name Bernardina
Bernardina is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1908 and has accumulated 166 births in the dataset. Bernardina's peak popularity came in 1925 when it ranked #2,939. Use the chart and map above to compare Bernardina'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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