Bernhard

Bernhard is a male first name.

Origin and Meaning

The name derives from Old High German bero ( bear) and hard (strong, hard, bold ) from. It actually means " strong as a bear, bears strong."

Name-day

Variants

  • Bernhardine
  • English: Bernard
  • Esperanto: Bernardo
  • French: Bernard
  • Icelandic: Bernhard
  • Italian: Bernardo, Bernardino, Bernardino
  • Catalan: Bernat
  • Croatian: Bernard, BRNAD or outdated Brno
  • Latin: Bernardus
  • Lithuanian: Bernarda
  • Dutch: Bernard, Berend, Ben
  • Polish: Bernard
  • Portuguese: Bernardo
  • Russian: Бернхард, Бернард
  • Swedish: Bernard, Bernhard
  • Sorbian: Bjarnat
  • Spanish: Bernardo
  • Czech: Bernart
  • Hungarian: Bernát

Well-known bearers of the name

Rulers and nobles

  • Bernhard (Baden -Durlach ) ( 1517-1553 ), Margrave of Baden- Pforzheim
  • Bernhard ( Italy) (c. 797, † 818 ), King of Italy ( 812-818 )
  • Bernhard ( Opole - Falkenberg ), Duke of Falkenberg ( 1382-1455 )
  • Bernhard (Sachsen -Jena ) ( 1638-1678 ), Duke of Saxe- Jena
  • Bernhard ( Ravens mountain ) ( † 1346 ), Count of Berg Ravens
  • Bernhard I ( Armagnac ) ( † 995 ), Count of Armagnac
  • Bernhard I (Anhalt -Bernburg ), Prince
  • Bernhard I ( Lebenau ) ( † 1229 ), Count of Lebenau
  • Bernhard I (Baden) ( 1364-1431 ), Margrave of Baden
  • Bernhard I ( lip ), Lord of Lippe
  • Bernhard I (Braunschweig -Lüneburg ), Duke of Brunswick- Lüneburg ( † 1434 )
  • Bernhard I (Saxony) ( * 950, † 1011), Duke of Saxony ( 973-1011 )
  • Bernhard I ( Saxe-Meiningen ), Duke ( 1649-1706 )
  • Bernhard I ( Werle ) ( 1245-1286 ), from 1277 to 1281 to Mr. Werle and 1281-1286 to Mr. Prisannewitz
  • Bernhard I ( Jawor - Lowenberg )
  • Bernhard I of Höckelheim / Plesse (1150-1190), a vassal of Hermann II of Winzenburg
  • Bernhard II (Anhalt -Bernburg ) (* 1260, † 1323), reigning anhaltischer sovereign of the race of Ascanians
  • Bernhard II ( Armagnac ) ( † after 1064 ), Count of Armagnac
  • Bernhard II (Saxony) ( * after 990, † 1059 ), Duke of Saxony ( 1011-1059 )
  • Bernhard II (Sachsen -Lauenburg ), Duke ( 1436-1463 )
  • Bernhard II ( Schweidnitz ), Duke of Schweidnitz ( 1301-1326 )
  • Bernhard II (Baden) ( 1428/1429-1458 )
  • Bernhard II (Braunschweig -Lüneburg ), Duke († 1464 )
  • Bernhard II ( Saxe-Meiningen ), Duke ( 1800-1882 )
  • Bernhard II ( lip ) (* 1140, † 1224 ), Lord of Lippe
  • Bernhard II (Toulouse ) ( † 874), Count of Toulouse
  • Bernhard II ( Schweidnitz )
  • Bernhard II ( Werle ) ( 1320-1382 ), Lord of Werle
  • Bernhard II ( Werl ) (c. 1010, † 1070 ), Count of Werl
  • Bernhard II of Wölpe (* 1176, † 1221 ), Count of Wölpe
  • Bernhard III. (Saxony) ( 1140-1212 ), Duke of Saxony ( 1180-1212 )
  • Bernhard III. ( Lip ), Lord of Lippe ( 1229-1265 )
  • Bernhard III. (Baden- Baden) ( 1474-1536 ), Margrave of Baden -Baden
  • Bernhard III. (Sachsen -Meiningen ) ( 1851-1928 ), the last reigning Duke of Saxe- Meiningen
  • Bernhard III. of Oesede († 1223 ), 1204-1223 Bishop of Paderborn
  • Bernhard IV ( lip ) ( 1230-1275 )
  • Bernard V. ( lip ) (c. 1290-1365 ), Lord of Rheda
  • V. Bernhard of Lippe (1277-1341) Bishop of Paderborn
  • Bernhard VI. ( Lip )
  • Bernhard VII ( lip ) ( 1429-1511 )
  • Bernhard VIII ( lip ) ( 1536-1563 )
  • Bernhard I (Anhalt -Bernburg ) ( 1252-1287 )
  • Bernhard II (Anhalt -Bernburg ) ( 1287-1318 )
  • Bernhard III. (Anhalt ) ( 1318-1348 )
  • Bernhard IV (Anhalt ), ( 1348-1354 )
  • Bernard V. (Anhalt ), ( 1404-1420 )
  • Bernhard VI. (Anhalt ) ( 1420-1468 )
  • Bernhard VII (Anhalt ) ( 1551-1570 )
  • Bernhard I of Hildesheim ( † 1154 ), 1130-1153 Bishop of Hildesheim
  • Bernhard I of Oesede, 1127-1160 Bishop of Paderborn
  • Bernhard I of Ratzeburg († 1164/1165 )
  • Bernhard II of Ratzeburg († 1198 )
  • Bernard of Spanheim (1176/1181-1256), Duke of Carinthia
  • Bernard of Aosta, Saint
  • Prince Bernhard of Baden ( b. 1970 ) is derived since 1998, the family of the house of Baden
  • Bernard of Clairvaux, Saint, (* 1090, † 1153 ), Abt, crusade preachers and mystics
  • Bernard of Cluny, monk in Cluny (first half of the 12th century ), socially critical writers of the Middle Ages ( De Contemptu Mundi )
  • Bernhard Franz Josef of Gerolt (1747-1828), Privy Electorate of Cologne. Councillor and Mr Castle on the Leyen
  • Bernard of Poitiers, western Frankish nobleman
  • Bernard of Gothia ( † after 878 ), west Frankish nobles
  • Bernard of Hadmersleben ( 10th century ), Bishop
  • Bernard of Ibbenbüren († 1203) 1188-1203 Bernhard II as Bishop of Paderborn
  • Bernhard of Lippe - Biesterfeld (1911-2004), Dutch Prince Consort
  • Bernhard von Minden, 905-914 Bishop of Minden
  • Bernhard of Saxe- Lauenburg († 1523), provost of the cathedral in Cologne
  • Bernhard of Saxe- Weimar (1604-1639)
  • Bernard of Valence ( * before 1098, † 1135 ), Bishop of Arthah ( 1099 ), the Latin Patriarch of Antioch ( 1100-1135 )
  • Bernard of Wölpe (1230/1240-1310), 1279-1282 Archbishop of Magdeburg
  • Bernardine of Siena (1380-1444), Italian saint
  • Bernardine of Feltre Seliger (1439-1494), Franciscan, preacher and founder charitable Leihanstalten
  • Bernhard ( missionary bishop ), had a 1121/1122 as a missionary bishop in Pomerania
  • Bernard of Prague ( † later than 1240), bishop of Prague
  • Bernard of Constance ( also Bernhard of the axis; † 1088), scholar and journalist
  • Bernhard von Breidenbach (also Breydenbach; * 1440, † 1497 ), civil servant and politician of the archdiocese of Mainz
  • Bernhard von Cotta (1808-1879), German geologist and mining scientists
  • Bernhard van Treeck (* 1964), German author, physician and psychotherapist
  • Bernhard Ludwig von Platen (* around 1733, † 1774), a Prussian officer and the first Volga German poet
  • Bernard of Quintavalle (* 1175, † 1242-1245 ), companion of St. Francis of Assisi
  • Bernhard von Lindenau (1779-1854), German jurist, astronomer, Minister and patron
  • Bernard the Good ( * 1170, † 1227 ), Knight and diplomat of the family of Horstmarer
  • Bernard of Gützkow ( † before April 21, 1320 )
  • Guillem Bernat I. d' Entença ( Bernard William of Montpellier, † 1237 ), Catalan nobleman Occitan origin

First name

  • Bernhard Almstadt (1897-1944), German Communist and resistance fighter
  • Bernhard Baier ( water sports ) ( 1912-2003 ), German water polo player and sports official
  • Bernhard Boll (1756-1936), German clergyman, Archbishop of Freiburg
  • Bernhard Boll ( Publisher, 1913) ( 1913-1968 ), German publisher
  • Bernhard Boll ( Publisher, 1946) (* 1946), German publisher
  • Bernard Butler ( born 1952 ), German pop singer and television presenter
  • Bernhard Erdmannsdörffer (1833-1901), German historian
  • Bernhard Gál (born 1971 ), Austrian composer and artist
  • Bernhard Grzimek (1909-1987), German zoologist
  • Bernhard Half (* 1958), German politician ( CDU), mayor of the town of Schmallenberg
  • Bernhard Heitzer (* 1942), German government official
  • Bernhard Hoëcker (* 1970), German comedian
  • Bernhard Höting (1821-1898), Bishop of Osnabrück
  • Bernhard Ilg (* 1956), German politician
  • Bernhard cone ( * 1953 ), German writer
  • Bernhard Lichtenberg (1875-1943), Righteous Among the Nations, German Blessed, a Roman Catholic priest, resistance fighters
  • Bernhard Ludwig ( comedian ) ( born 1948 ), Austrian cabaret artist
  • Bernard Jerome Ludwig (1834-1897), Austrian furniture manufacturer
  • Bernhard Paul ( * 1947 ), Austrian clown and ringmaster ( Roncalli )
  • Bernhard Philberth (1927-2010), German physicist, philosopher and theologian
  • Bernhard Russi ( born 1948 ), Swiss skier
  • Bernhard cord ( * 1966 ), Austrian musician
  • Bernhard Schmidt ( painter) ( 1820-1870 ), German painter
  • Bernhard Schmidt ( politician ) ( 1825-1887 ), German jurist, estate owners and politicians, MdR
  • Bernhard Schmidt ( philologist ) ( 1837-1917 ), German philologist Classic
  • Bernhard Schmidt ( Optometrists ) ( 1879-1935 ), German optician
  • Bernhard Schmidt (SS Member) ( 1890-1960 ), German SS Obersturmbannführer
  • Bernhard Schmidt ( hygienist ) ( 1906-2003 ), German doctor, hygienist and high school teachers
  • Bernhard Schmidt (manager ) ( 1909-2008 ), German engineer and manager
  • Bernhard HF Taureck (* 1943), German philosopher
  • Bernhard Wabnitz (* 1952), German journalist
  • Bernhard Wicki (1919-2000), Austrian- Swiss actor and director
  • Bernhard Zimburg (* 1954 ), Austrian ambassador
  • Bernhard Maria Fuchs (1959-2014), German artist
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