Bernhard is a boy's name of German origin meaning “bear and hardy, brave.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Bernhard belongs to the German and Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “bear and hardy, brave” — is the sense carried by its German roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Bernhard first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #591 in 1887, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 1,666 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Bernhard means “bear and hardy, brave” in its German roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Bernhard is a boy name.
Bernhard comes from the German and Scandinavian tradition.
Bernhard first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #591 in 1887, and 0 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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