The first name Bernadette

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About the first name Bernadette

Meaning

The name Bernadette is a form related to Bernard and shares its traditional meaning: “strong as a bear” or “brave bear”.

Historical origin

Bernadette belongs to the same name family as Bernard. The name Bernard comes from Germanic Bernhard, formed from bern “bear” and hard “strong, brave”.

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In archival records, Bernadette may coexist with Bernard or other spellings from the same name family, so variants are worth considering in genealogical research.

Pronunciation:ber-na-dettbɛʁnad.ɛt

Frequency of the first name Bernadette by baptism year

The chart below shows the frequency of the first name Bernadette by the year of baptisms listed in Genealogy Quebec’s data. It highlights the periods when this first name appears most often and its evolution across generations.

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Annual evolution of the first name BernadetteLine chart showing the frequency of the first name Bernadette in baptisms by year.10075502501810184218741906193819701810–1814 1 baptisms1815–1819 1 baptisms1840–1844 2 baptisms1870–1874 2 baptisms1875–1879 8 baptisms1880–1884 46 baptisms1885–1889 44 baptisms1890–1894 62 baptisms1895–1899 53 baptisms1900–1904 34 baptisms1905–1909 34 baptisms1910–1914 26 baptisms1915–1919 20 baptisms1920–1924 17 baptisms1925–1929 9 baptisms1930–1934 4 baptisms1935–1939 4 baptisms1940–1944 4 baptisms1945–1949 1 baptisms1950–1954 1 baptisms1955–1959 1 baptisms1960–1964 2 baptisms1970–1974 1 baptisms

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