Bernadette name - Meaning of Bernadette

Bernadette name - Meaning of Bernadette

Gender

Feminine

Lucky Number

4

Usage

French, English, Germanic

Pronounced

ber-na-DET (French)

Bernadette Meaning

French feminine form of Bernard. Saint Bernadette was a young woman from Lourdes in France who claimed to have seen visions of the Virgin Mary. Bernadette is a variant of Bernard, or Bernarda. Bernarda originates in Germanic languages and means "as strong as a bear". It is a feminine form of Bernard. Nowadays, Bernadette is much more popular than the original Bernarda or Bernardine.

Bernadette Related Names
Variant:, Bernadett, Bernardetta, Bernardette, Bernardita
Diminutives: Bernie, Berny (English)
Other Languages: Bernarda (Croatian), Bernadett (Hungarian), Bernardetta, Bernardina (Italian), Bernarda (Portuguese), Bernarda (Slovene), Bernardita (Spanish)

Bernadette Celebrities
Bernadette Peters - actress, Bernadette Bowyer - Canadian field hockey player, Bernadette Chirac - wife of former French President Jacques Chirac,