Bernard

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Male Name

Usage

Swedish
Danish
Norwegian
Finnish

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Origin and Meaning

French form of Bernhard

Related Names

See Berinhart

Grammar

- Danish
Nominative:	Bernard
Genitive:	Bernards

- Finnish
Nominative:	Bernard
Genitive:	Bernardin
Partitive:	Bernardia

- Norwegian
Nominative:	Bernard
Genitive:	Bernards

- Swedish
Nominative:	Bernard
Genitive:	Bernards

Further Information

Earliest Documented Usage

• Denmark: 20th century

Strongest Period of Usage

• Sweden:
  • 1920-1939
  • 1950-1959
  • 1970-

Predominant Regional Usage

• Sweden: Östsverige

Trivia

• Sweden: In January 1973, 78 people were named Bernard (percentage of first or only given name: 27 %)

Statistics

Name Count per Country (What's this?)

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Country	Commonness Commonness	Total		Female ♀		Male ♂
		as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&	as main name#	also middle name&
Sweden		411	1166	0	7	411	1159
Finland		n.a.	505	0	0	n.a.	505
Denmark		116	n.a.	0	n.a.	116	n.a.
Iceland		12	25	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Norway		235	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	235	n.a.
Greenland		0	0	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
#: count of main first name only
&: count of both main and additional first names
Name counts are approximate as statistics normally is not published for names given to less than 3 or 5 persons per country.

 

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