Girl name origins & meanings French : Brave as a bearEnglish : Intelligent; Feminine version of Bernard Girl name variations Bernadette Bern Bernie Bernadete Berna Bernadina Berneta Bernetta Bernadine Burnice Burney Burnette Family name origins & meanings Italian : probably from a short form of Bernardo, but see also Berna.German (Alemannic) : from a pet form of Bernhard.
