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, usually a short form (

hypocorism A hypocorism ( or ; from Ancient Greek: (), from (), 'to call by pet names', sometimes also ''hypocoristic'') or pet name is a name used to show affection for a person. It may be a diminutive form of a person's name, such as ''Izzy'' for I ...

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Bernard Bernard (''Bernhard'') is a French and West Germanic masculine given name. It is also a surname. The name is attested from at least the 9th century. West Germanic ''Bernhard'' is composed from the two elements ''bern'' "bear" and ''hard'' "brav ...

. It may refer to: * Bernardina

Berny Boxem-Lenferink Bernardina Maria "Berny" Boxem-Lenferink (née Lenferink on 12 May 1948) is a retired Dutch middle-distance runner. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in the 1500 metres event and finished in ninth place. She won a silver medal at the 1971 ...

(born 1948), Dutch retired middle-distance runner *

Berny Burke Berny Thomas Burke Montiel (born 16 March 1996) is a Costa Rican footballer who plays as a right winger for Liga FPD club Sporting San José. Club career Burke started his career at hometown club Santos de Guápiles and made his profession ...

(born 1996), Costa Rican footballer * Bernabé

Berny Peña Bernabé "Berny" Peña Pizarro (born 19 October 1980 in Carrillo) is a Costa Rican football player. In a 2009 Al Día poll of 71 Costa Rica Premier Division players, Peña was selected as the dirtiest player in the league. He responded, "Y ...

(born 1980), Costa Rican footballer *

Bernard Stone Bernard "Berny" L. Stone (November 24, 1927 – December 22, 2014) was alderman of the 50th Ward of the City of Chicago, Illinois from 1973 to 2011. The 50th Ward encompasses part of Chicago's far North Side and includes the West Ridge, West Rog ...

(1927–2014), American politician *

Berny Ulloa Morera Berny Ulloa Morera (born August 5, 1950) is a retired football referee from Costa Rica. He officiated the match between Argentina and Bulgaria at the 1986 World Cup. He was a linesman in the famous game between England and Argentina in 1986 in ...

(born 1950), retired football referee from Costa Rica *

Berny Wiens Bernhard Henry "Berny" Wiens (b. September 2, 1945) is a former political figure in Saskatchewan, Canada. He represented Rosetown-Elrose (former electoral district), Rosetown-Elrose from 1991 to 1995 and Rosetown-Biggar (provincial electoral distri ...

(born 1945), Canadian politician *

Bernard Wolf Bernard "Berny" Wolf (July 18, 1911 – September 7, 2006) was an American animator and television producer. Wolf was born in New York City. His career in animation started in 1927, when he began work as an inker on Charles Mintz' Krazy Kat silen ...

(1911–2006), American animator and television producer *

Berny Wright Berny Elisio Wright McClean (born June 8, 1979) is a Costa Rican former professional footballer. Club career He had a stint in the Russian Premier League The Russian Premier League (RPL; russian: Российская премьер-лига ...

(born 1979), Costa Rican footballer * Berny-Ignatius, famous music composer-duo-brothers in the Malayalam film industry

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