Bernardo
Boy · ber-NAR-doh · Germanic
Bernardo is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave as a bear”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 1,347th for boys in the US (140 babies).
What does Bernardo mean?
Germanic: Spanish, Italian and Portuguese form of Bernard
“brave as a bear”
- Say it
- ber-NAR-doh
Is Bernardo a girl's or a boy's name?
Bernardo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 140 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bernardo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,537among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Bernardo, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 26 boys.
Half of all the boys named Bernardo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Bernardo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,639 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,341 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,193 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,290 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
How popular is Bernardo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,347among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 140about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 140 boys in the US were named Bernardo, making it the 1,347th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,489th. Its busiest year was 1995, with 240 boys. It first appears in the records in 1888.
Half of all the boys named Bernardo in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bernardo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 140 | #1,347 |
| 2024 | 143 | #1,341 |
| 2023 | 146 | #1,309 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | 114 | #1,489 |
| 2019 | 165 | #1,171 |
| 2018 | 140 | #1,299 |
| 2017 | 125 | #1,402 |
| 2016 | 137 | #1,313 |
| 2015 | 131 | #1,340 |
| 2014 | 108 | #1,492 |
| 2013 | 132 | #1,305 |
| 2012 | 118 | #1,407 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,250 |
| 2010 | 140 | #1,250 |
| 2009 | 167 | #1,103 |
| 2008 | 170 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 202 | #971 |
| 2006 | 188 | #985 |
| 2005 | 182 | #958 |
| 2004 | 197 | #877 |
| 2003 | 164 | #974 |
| 2002 | 195 | #847 |
| 2001 | 189 | #848 |
| 2000 | 173 | #897 |
| 1999 | 169 | #887 |
| 1998 | 193 | #789 |
| 1997 | 192 | #774 |
| 1996 | 212 | #725 |
| 1995 | 240 | #680 |
| 1994 | 236 | #671 |
| 1993 | 202 | #732 |
| 1992 | 162 | #828 |
| 1991 | 193 | #727 |
| 1990 | 178 | #757 |
| 1989 | 180 | #734 |
| 1988 | 164 | #737 |
| 1987 | 124 | #835 |
| 1986 | 157 | #721 |
| 1985 | 109 | #866 |
| 1984 | 102 | #871 |
| 1983 | 127 | #772 |
| 1982 | 115 | #827 |
| 1981 | 145 | #717 |
| 1980 | 144 | #729 |
| 1979 | 115 | #812 |
| 1978 | 91 | #901 |
| 1977 | 93 | #875 |
| 1976 | 131 | #731 |
| 1975 | 111 | #788 |
| 1974 | 115 | #755 |
| 1973 | 112 | #756 |
| 1972 | 106 | #776 |
| 1971 | 105 | #786 |
| 1970 | 93 | #835 |
| 1969 | 93 | #799 |
| 1968 | 74 | #844 |
| 1967 | 85 | #791 |
| 1966 | 70 | #870 |
| 1965 | 83 | #809 |
| 1964 | 81 | #846 |
| 1963 | 77 | #855 |
| 1962 | 75 | #878 |
| 1961 | 68 | #927 |
| 1960 | 68 | #915 |
| 1959 | 83 | #833 |
| 1958 | 76 | #866 |
| 1957 | 52 | #1,049 |
| 1956 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1955 | 55 | #1,010 |
| 1954 | 70 | #875 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,014 |
| 1952 | 63 | #882 |
| 1951 | 48 | #1,016 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 65 | #848 |
| 1948 | 52 | #962 |
| 1947 | 54 | #967 |
| 1946 | 53 | #911 |
| 1945 | 47 | #943 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,018 |
| 1943 | 41 | #1,053 |
| 1942 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,251 |
| 1939 | 35 | #1,085 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,310 |
| 1937 | 35 | #1,094 |
| 1936 | 27 | #1,271 |
| 1935 | 35 | #1,098 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,213 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,330 |
| 1932 | 37 | #1,110 |
| 1931 | 42 | #1,031 |
| 1930 | 43 | #1,053 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,044 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,003 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1924 | 34 | #1,246 |
| 1923 | 45 | #1,057 |
| 1922 | 22 | #1,644 |
| 1921 | 32 | #1,296 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1919 | 34 | #1,207 |
| 1918 | 39 | #1,094 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,528 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,374 |
| 1915 | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1914 | 12 | #1,867 |
| 1913 | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,526 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,037 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,313 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 8 | #998 |
| 1906 | 7 | #1,003 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,136 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 6 | #917 |
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