Comments for the name Bernard

Bernard is an old family name from my Mom's side. It has always been pronounced BER-nard rather than ber-NAHD by my family who originate in Yorkshire and Norfolk.

The name Bernard is used in a T.V. show I love called Blackbooks, whose full name is Bernard Black. It's a very funny show. :)

I think it is pronounced BER-nard in England, but Ber-NAHR in America. Can't testify as to how everyone everywhere does it though.

I confirm that in England, Bernard is pronounced BER-nard or in simple speak bern-ed.

I have never heard anyone call Bernard, ber-NAHR in America. It's pronounced BER-nard. Maybe if you had some sort of accent it'd be ber-nahr but I've never heard ber-nahr before.

Bernard Herrmann was a composer, best known for his film scores, particularly for those directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He wrote the scores for Citizen Kane, Cape Fear and Taxi Driver as well as for the original radio broadcast of Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds. He also wrote scores for television programs in the late 1950s and early 1960s. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time.

In the Disney movie "The Rescuers" Bernard is a little mouse who sets out to rescue a little girl. He is voiced by Bob Newhart.

I definitely like the English pronunciation better than the American one.

When I was growing up my parents had a friend from France named Bernard. My sister liked him and named a bear she got after him. Recently I've re-discovered this name and am madly in love with it.

I love the name Bernard, the guy I have a huge crush on in the year above me is called Bernard, and he is a great guitar player, watch out for him when he's famous lol.

Playwright Bernard Shaw, author of "Pygmalion" and "Saint Joan", among others, is a famous bearer. He also oversaw and assisted with the penning of the script for "My Fair Lady", which is based on "Pygmalion".

Bernard Hill plays in Lord of the Rings, The Scorpion King, Titanic, and other movies that I forgot.

Does anyone know the women name Bernarda? It is not on the list but I think it should be. It is the name of my mother.

Bernard Fanning is an Australian singer-songwriter from the band Powderfinger, and also a solo artist.

Also a masculine name in Slovenia.

Bernard is the name of the head elf at the North Pole in the movie "The Santa Clause" and also the sequel.

Bernard Cribbins is a English actor who appears on Doctor Who.

Bernard Marx is a character in Aldous Huxley's famous dystopian novel Brave New World. He's one of my favorite characters ever, and I love this name!

Bernard Schwartz is real name of Hungarian actor Tony Curtis.

Bernard Albrecht, a member of Joy Division, and then part of New Order after Joy Division's singer Ian Curtis died in 1980.

I can't say I like the name much. I hate the nickname Bernie, and Bernard sounds too official and snobby, and also old-fashioned. It's the schwa sound that I dislike, I guess.

I like the British pronunciation BURN-ERD.

1st Viscount Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery of Alamein, a famous and arguably one of the greatest army commanders Britain has ever produced.

The name reminds me of an old man. Nicknames could be Barnie, Bern, Nard, Bernie, Barny and Bear.

Unfortunately, all this name makes me think of is Bernard Madoff. It's not an ugly name it just makes me think of this jail bird.

Bernard Knox, literary scholar. He wrote prefaces for Fagles' translation of the Iliad and Odyssey.

Also a boys name in Croatia. Pronounced BER-nahrt. [noted -ed]

Generally I don't like names like this. I prefer more musical names, but I find Bernard strangely appealing. It sounds like someone's loving and happy grandfather, or maybe father. I somehow have the image of an old-fashioned baker when I hear it: the jolly, round, Santa Claus-type of a man who sneaks extra cookies into bags for kids. A very comfortable name.

Bernarda and Bernardica (the latter a diminutive of the former) are Croatian feminine forms of Bernard.

Bernard Butler was the guitarist of the 90s band Suede. He was also in The Tears.

Bernard Berenson (1865-1959) was an American art historian, critic and connoisseur.

Bernard Buffet (1928-1999) was a French painter, etcher, lithographer, designer and occasional sculptor.

St. Bernard dogs... those big, lovable rescue dogs from the Alps.

St. Bernard Pass in the Alps between Switzerland and Italy.