Bernardo

Spellings & scripts●

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 18 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Bernardo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name1.2M records spelled Bernardo11 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Argentina, Mexico, Spain, Chile

  Also written B'Ernardo, Bernardó, Bërnärdö, Berñardo, B'Êrnârdô

• English given name465K records spelled Bernardo54 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Bernard, Bernárd, Bernàrd, 'Bernard, Berñardo

• Italian given name21K records spelled Bernardo6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Philippines, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

  Also written Bernard, Bernhard, Bernardõ, Bèrnàrdò, Bërnärdö

• a separate given name15K records spelled Bernardo2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Italy, Spain

  Also written Bernardó

• Polish given name3.5K records spelled Bernardo47 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Poland, United States, Croatia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Croatian, Czech

  Also written Bernard, Бернард, Бернар, Bernhard, Bernardus

• Thai given name2.5K records spelled Bernardo22 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Laos, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written Bernard, เบอร์นาร์ด, Bernhard, Bernardi, แบร์นาร์ด

66 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Bernardo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• Germanic. See }Bernard in main dictionary. Feminine form: Bernarda.

  as a name·A concise dictionary of first names

• In Italian, forma italiana de Bernardus

  as a name·Dicionário dos sobrenomes italianos

• In Swedish, Se Bernhard.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In German, männl. Vom., italienische und spanische Form von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• Temerario como un oso

  as a name·25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

EC INEC — Visualizador de Nombres y Apellidos, per-token query API (1900–2024) — 124 years between 1900–2024. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Bernard Plantapilosab. 841FRnot in their usual nameFrenkish count
• Bernard of Clairvauxb. 1090FRnot in their usual nameBurgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153)
• Bernardo Daddib. 1290FRItalian painter (1290–1348)
• Bernardo Bellottob. 1721ITItalian artist (1722–1780)
• Bernardo O'Higginsb. 1778CLChilean independence leader (1778–1842)
• Bernardo Houssayb. 1887ARArgentine physician (1887–1971)
• Bernardo Provenzanob. 1933ITItalian mob boss
• Bernardo Bertoluccib. 1941ITItalian film director and screenwriter (1941–2018)
• Bernardo Arévalo de Leónb. 1958GTPresident of Guatemala since 2024
• Bernardo Silvab. 1994PTPortuguese association football player (born 1994)

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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 965 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Bernardo?

We estimate roughly 271 thousand people bear Bernardo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 8 countries in our records.

In which country does Bernardo have the most bearers?

We estimate about 227 thousand people bear Bernardo in Brazil, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled bernardo.

How common is Bernardo compared with other names?

In Brazil, Bernardo is the 260th most common given name of 536,280 given names recorded there.

Is Bernardo a male or female name?

Bernardo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Bernardo mean?

Recorded meaning: Dal germanico ber/bern 'orso' + hard 'ardito, forte'.