Bernhard
Bernhard is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946–1984 Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (1905–1998), German nobleman, artist, and author Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the…
- German
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
Meaning & Origin of Bernhard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bernhard is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946–1984 Bernhard, Count of Bylandt (1905–1998), German nobleman, artist, and author Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (1911–2004), Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- German
- Dutch
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- Germanic
The Story of Bernhard
The earliest SSA record of Bernhard as a baby boy name dates back to 1880, when 8 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 55 newborns named Bernhard — #840 in the national rankings. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2021 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 2K Bernhards have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Bernhard
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About the name Bernhard
Bernhard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Bernhard's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #840. Use the chart and map above to compare Bernhard'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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