Girl name origins & meanings French : Brave as a bearEnglish : Intelligent; Feminine version of Bernard Girl name variations Bernadette Bern Bernadete Berna Bernadina Berneta Bernetta Berni Bernadine Burnice Burney Burnette Boy name origins & meanings German : Bold as a bear Boy name variations Bernard Barnard Barney Barnie Barny Bernd Berndt Bern Berne Bernardo Bernhard Bernhardt Bjorn Barend Barnum Barn Barnardine Berend