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Bernardin (in the form Bernardino) is usual in Spanish and especially in Italian, because of the devotion to saint Bernardin of Siena (1380-1444), franciscan (name day May 20th).

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The use of the name, originally a diminutive form with the diminutive suffix -ino, is documented in Italy since the Early Middle Ages (5th c.-11th c.) in the Latinized form Bernardinus.

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