Geographical distribution
As of 2014, 42.2% of all known bearers of the surname ''Bernard'' were residents of France (frequency 1:392), 12.5% of the United States (1:7,203), 7.0% of Haiti (1:382), 6.6% of Tanzania (1:1,961), 4.8% of Canada (1:1,896), 3.6% of Nigeria (1:12,221), 2.7% of Burundi (1:894), 1.9% of Belgium (1:1,500), 1.6% of Rwanda (1:1,745), 1.2% of Germany (1:16,397), 1.2% of Jamaica (1:595), 1.1% of Ghana (1:6,179), 1.0% of England (1:13,691) and 1.0% of Madagascar (1:6,098). In France, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:392) in the following regions:Bernard surname distributionList of people with the name
The following people and items share the name Bernard.Given name
Catholic saints
*Saint Bernard: see Saint Bernard (disambiguation)#PeopleMedieval
* Bernard (bishop of Carlisle) (died 1214), 13th-century Catholic bishop * Bernard (bishop of Gaeta) (died 1047) * Bernard (bishop of St Davids) (1115–1148) * Bernard (son of Charles the Fat) (died 891 or 892), Duke of Alemannia * Bernard Gui (c. 1260–1331), 14th century inquisitor * Bernard of Calvo (Bernat Calbó), 13th-century saint and Bishop of Vich * Bernard of Carinola (died 1109), 12th-century saint and Bishop of Carinola * Bernard of Cluny, 12th-century Benedictine monk * Bernard of Kilwinning (d. c. 1331), Scottish abbot and chancellor * Bernard of Quintavalle (died 1241), companion of St. Francis of Assisi * Bernard of Verdun, author of the ''Tractatus super totam astrologiam''Modern
* Bernard (footballer) (Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte), Brazilian footballer * Bernard Aluwihare (1902–1961), Sri Lankan politician * Bernard Alvarez, NASCAR racing driver * Bernard Anício Caldeira Duarte, known as "Bernard", Brazilian footballer * Bernard Baruch (1870–1965), American financier and political adviser * Bernard Berrian (born 1980), American football player * Bernard Blaut (1940–2007), Polish football player * Bernard Bonnejean (born 1950), French author * Bernard Boursicot (born 1944), on whom the play ''M. Butterfly'' was based * Bernard Butler (born 1970), English musician * Bernard Caprasse (born 1949), Belgian politician * Bernard Cerquiglini (born 1947), French linguist * Bernard Cottret (1951–2020), French historian * Bernard Cribbins (1928–2022), English children's TV personality, actor and voice artist * Bernard Ebbers (born 1941), engineered an accounting fraud at WorldCom while he was its CEO * Bernie Ecclestone (born 1930), British business magnate and primary authority in Formula One * Bernard Edwards (American football) (born 1969), American football player * Bernard Fanning (born 1969), Australian singer, Powderfinger * Bernard Finnigan (born 1972), Australian politician and sex offender * Bernard T. Feld (1919–1993), 20th century physicist and anti-nuclear activist * Bernard Fox (Irish republican) (born 1951), Provisional Irish Republican Army member * Bernard Freeman, birth name of American rapper Bun B * Bernard Freyberg, New Zealand's most famous soldier and General of World War II * Bernard Guignedoux (1947–2021), French football player * Bernard Hall (disambiguation), multiple people * Bernard Henry (American football), Bernard Henry (born 1960), American football player * Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American film composer * Bernard Hill (born 1944), English actor * Bernard Hinault (born 1954), French cyclist, five-time winner of the Tour de France * Bernard Hopkins (born 1965), boxer * B. A. W. Jayamanne, Bernard Jayamanna (1908-1965), Sri Lankan Sinhala playwright, director, producer, actor * Bernard Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan businessman and politician * Bernard Kalb (born 1922), American broadcast journalist * Bernard Koura (1923–2018), French painter * Bernard Ładysz (1922–2020), Polish singer and actor * Bernard Lagat (born 1974), Kenyan-American distance runner * Bernard Lee (1908–1981), English actor * Bernard Lepkofker, American competitive judoka * Bernard Looney (born 1969/1970), Irish businessman, CEO of BP * Bernie Mac (born Bernard McCullough, 1957–2008), comedian and actor * Bernard Madoff (1938-2021), American stockbroker who engineered a $65 billion Ponzi scheme * Bernard Malamud (1914–1986), American writer * Bernard Manning (1930–2007), British stand-up comedian * Bernard Trevor Matthews, Bernard Matthews, English turkey farmer, founder of Bernard Matthews Limited * Bernard McGinley, American judge * Bernard Ménétrel (1906–1947), French physician and advisor to Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II * Bernard Mohlalisi (1933–2020), Mosotho Roman Catholic bishop * Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976), English military officer * Bernard Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player * Bernard Peiris (1908–1977), Sri Lankan lawyer * Bernard Perera (1956–2012), Sri Lankan cricketer * Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Brazilian volleyball player * B. H. "Johnny" Rogers, Bernard H. "Johnny" Rogers (1905–1977), American politician * Bernard Sachs (1858–1944), American neurologist * Bernie Sanders (born 1941), US Senator from Vermont * Bernard Satenstein (1906–1959), American football player * Bernard Schuiteman (born 1973), Dutch football player * George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950), usually referred to as "Bernard Shaw", Irish playwright, critic, and essayist * Bernard Shaw (journalist), Bernard Shaw (1940–2022), American broadcast journalist * Bernard Shir-Cliff (1924-2017), American editor * Bernard Spilsbury (1877–1947), English pathologist * Bernard Soysa (1914–1997), Sri Lankan Trotskyist * Bernard Sumner (born 1956), British musician * Bernard Tapie (1943–2021), French businessman and politician * Bernie Taupin (born 1950), British songwriter and collaborator with Elton John * Bernard Tilakaratna (1927–2004), Sri Lankan diplomat * Bernard Tomic (born 1992), Australian tennis player * Bernard Vogler (1935–2020), French historian and academic * Bernie Wolfe (hockey), Bernard "Bernie" Wolfe (born 1951), Canadian hockey player * Bernard Wolfman (1924–2011), American dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and law professor *Bernard Zehrfuss (1911–1996), French architect *Oatcake, Bernard Welsh (1959)Surname
* Agnes Bernard (1842–1932), British Roman Catholic nun * Alain Bernard (born 1983), French swimmer * Alfred Aloysous Bernard (1888–1949) American vaudeville singer * Antoine Bernard d'Attanoux (1853–1954), French journalist and explorer * Armand Bernard (1893–1968), French comic actor and composer * Brandon Bernard (1980–2020), American convicted murderer * Carlos Bernard (born 1962), American actor * Catherine Bernard (1662–1712), French novelist * Cheryl Bernard (born 1966), Canadian curler * Claude Bernard (1813–1878), French physiologist * Crystal Bernard (born 1961), American actress * Daniel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people * Dave Bernard (American football) (1912–1973), American football player * David Bernard (cricketer) (born 1981), West Indian cricketer * David Bernard (orchestra conductor) (born 1964), American conductor, pianist and clarinetist * Dwight Bernard (born 1952), American baseball player * Ed Bernard (born 1939), American actor * Edward Bernard (1638–1697), English scholar * Émile Bernard (composer) (1843–1902), French composer and organist * Émile Bernard (painter) (1868–1941), French painter * Francis Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people * Giovani Bernard, American football player * Henri Bernard (magistrate), Henri Bernard (1899–1986), French judge * Henri Bernard (athlete), Henri Bernard (1900–1967), French hurdler * Henry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish Conservative Party politician, MP for Bandon 1863–68 * Henry Bernard (architect), Henry Bernard, designer of the Palace of Europe, the seat of the Council of Europe * Hilda Bernard (born 1920), Argentine actress * Jacques Bernard (actor), Jacques Bernard (born 1929), French actor * Jay Bernard (writer), Jay Bernard FRSL (born 1988), British writer. * Jean-David Bernard (born 1977), French rower * Jean-Pierre Bernard (1933–2017), French actor * Jeffrey Bernard (1932–1997), English journalist * John Henry Bernard (1860–1927) Church of Ireland Archbishop of Dublin * Joseph E. Bernard (1880–1958), American character actor * Joseph Karl Bernard (c.1781–1850), Austrian journalist and librettist * Jules Bernard (born 2000), American basketball player * Laurent Bernard (born 1971), French basketball player * Lawrence G. Bernard (1914-1997), rear admiral in the U.S. Navy * Léonce Bernard (1943–2013), Canadian politician * Lucas Bernard, Lucas M. Bernard, American financial economist * Marvin Bernard, American rapper, better known by his stage name Tony Yayo * Michel Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people * Nikhil Bernard, Indian footballer * Oliver Bernard (1925–2013), English poet and translator * Oliver Percy Bernard (1881–1939), English architect and scenic designer * Raymond Bernard (1891–1977), French film director and screenwriter * Raymond W. Bernard (1903–1965), early 20th-century American alternative health, esoteric writer, author, and mystic * Rod Bernard (1940–2020), American singer * Samuel Bernard (artist), Samuel Bernard (1615–1687), French miniature painter * Sherman A. Bernard (1925–2012), Louisiana politician * Susan Bernard (1948–2019), American actress and author * Suzanne Bernard (1892–1910), French aviator * Terrel Bernard (born 1999), American football player * Tristan Bernard (1866–1947), French playwright and novelist * Valère Bernard (1860–1936), French artist and writer * William Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people * Wynton Bernard (born 1990), American baseball playerFictional characters
Given name
* Bernard (TV shorts), ''Bernard'' (TV shorts), the curious polar bear from the animation series ''Bernard''Bernard (TV series) * Nursie, Bernard, a character from Blackadder II, who is usually only called by her title: Nursie * Bernard, a character from ''Megamind'' * Bernard, a character from ''The Waves'' * Bernard, a mouse from ''The Rescuers'' books and films * Bernard, the Sea Hag's pet vulture in the ''Popeye'' comics/cartoons * Bernarda Alba, the mother in Federico García Lorca's drama, ''The House of Bernarda Alba, La casa de Bernarda Alba'' * Bernard Beasley, a character from the children's programme ''Bernard's Watch'' * Bernard Bernoulli, a character from ''Maniac Mansion'' * Bernard Black, a character from ''Black Books'' * Barney Fife, Bernard "Barney" Fife, deputy sheriff of Mayberry from ''The Andy Griffith Show'' * Bernard Lowe, a character from ''Westworld (film), Westworld'' * Bernard Marx from ''Brave New World'' * Bernard Nadler, a character from the television show ''Lost'' * Bernard the Arch-elf, The Head elf from Disney's Santa Clause Movies * Bernard the Bee Boy, a boy raised by bees seen in two commercials for Honeycomb (cereal), Honey Comb cereal * Bernard Wiseman, a character from ''Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket'' * Bernard Woolley, a character from ''Yes Minister'' * Bernard Mickey Wrangle, an explosive character from ''Still Life with Woodpecker'' by Tom Robbins * Bernardo, Zorro's companion * Giant Bernard, wrestling name of Matt Bloom * Bernie Lomax The Boss who dies in the 80's comedy film Weekend at Bernie'sSurname
* Andy Bernard, character on the United States television series ''The Office''See also
* * * Barnard (disambiguation) * Barney (disambiguation) * Bernat (disambiguation) * Bernhard (disambiguation) * Grand Rivers, Kentucky, United States, formerly known as Bernard * Saint Bernard (disambiguation)References
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