Bernard

Bernard is the second most common surname in France.^[5]

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:^[6]

• 1. Collectivity of Saint Martin (1:60)
• 2. Saint Barthélemy (1:189)
• 3. Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (1:260)
• 4. Nouvelle-Aquitaine (1:283)
• 5. Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes (1:296)
• 6. Brittany (1:333)
• 7. Pays de la Loire (1:336)
• 8. Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (1:348)
• 9. Hauts-de-France (1:391)

The following people and items share the name Bernard:

• Saint Bernard: see Saint Bernard (disambiguation)#People

• Bernard, son of Charles Martel (c. 720 – 787), Abbot of St. Quentin
• 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 (died 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

• 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 Bober (born 1950), Slovak Catholic Prelate, Archbishop of Košice
• Bernard Bonnejean (born 1950), French author
• Bernard Boursicot (born 1944), on whom the play M. Butterfly was based
• Bernard Bresslaw (1934–1993), British actor, Carry On films
• Bernard Butler (born 1970), English musician
• Bernard Caprasse (born 1949), Belgian politician
• Bernard Cerquiglini (born 1947), French linguist
• Bernard Charvin (born 1947), French alpine skier
• Bernard Cottret (1951–2020), French historian
• Bernard Coyne (giant) (1897–1921), American who is one of only 20 individuals in medical history to have stood 8 feet (240 cm) or more
• Bernard Cribbins (1928–2022), English children's TV personality, actor and voice artist
• Bernard Dowiyogo (1946–2003), President of Nauru
• Bernard Ebbers (1941–2020), 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, 1st Baron 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 (born 1960), American football player
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), American film composer
• Bernard Hill (1944–2024), English actor
• Bernard Hinault (born 1954), French cyclist, five-time winner of the Tour de France
• Bernard Hopkins (born 1965), boxer
• Bernard Jayamanna (1908–1965), Sri Lankan Sinhala playwright, director, producer, actor
• Bernard Jayasuriya, Sri Lankan businessman and politician
• Bernard Kalb (1922–2023), 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 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 (1887–1976), English military officer
• Bernard of Offida (1604–1694), Italian Roman Catholic professed religious from the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin
• Bernard Opper (1915–2000), American basketball player
• Bernard Orcel (born 1945), French alpine skier
• Bernard Parrish (1919–1999), American politician
• Bernard Peiris (1908–1977), Sri Lankan lawyer
• Bernard Perera (1956–2012), Sri Lankan cricketer
• Bernard Rajzman (born 1957), Brazilian volleyball player
• 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 (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 Stoeser (born 1930), American politician
• 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
• Bernard Whitman (fl. 1980s–2020s), Democratic strategist and pollster
• 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
• Bernard Welsh (1959)

• 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 (1899–1986), French judge
• Henri Bernard (1900–1967), French hurdler
• Henry Boyle Bernard (1812–1895), Irish Conservative Party politician, MP for Bandon 1863–68
• Henry Bernard, designer of the Palace of Europe, the seat of the Council of Europe
• Hilda Bernard (1920–2022), Argentine actress
• Jacques Bernard (born 1929), French actor
• 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 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 (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
• Tom Bernard American film distributor
• Tristan Bernard (1866–1947), French playwright and novelist
• Turner Bernard (born 1998), American football player
• Valère Bernard (1860–1936), French artist and writer
• William Bernard (disambiguation), multiple people
• Wynton Bernard (born 1990), American baseball player

• Bernard (TV shorts), the curious polar bear from the animation series Bernard
• Bernard, a character from Blackadder II, who is usually only called by her title: Nursie
• Bernard, a character from Megamind
• Bernard, the titular character in the 1980 picture book Not Now, Bernard by David McKee
• 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, 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
• Bernard "Barney" Fife, deputy sheriff of Mayberry from The Andy Griffith Show
• Bernard Lowe, a character from 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 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 80s comedy film Weekend at Bernie's

• Andy Bernard, character on the United States television series The Office

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• Barnard (disambiguation)
• Barney (disambiguation)
• Bernat (disambiguation)
• Bernhard (disambiguation)
• Grand Rivers, Kentucky, United States, formerly known as Bernard
• Saint Bernard (disambiguation)