Bernardo

Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

"strong as a bear"

Bernardo Origin and Meaning

The name Bernardo is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "strong as a bear".

This Latinate form of Bernard hovered in the lower regions of the US Top 1000 from the late 1940s until 2006, possibly inspired by the character in West Side Story. It remains popular in Portugal and it does have a little more flair than the grandpa style Bernard.

Bernardo Rank in US Top 1000

# 956 in the US

Bernardo Popularity

• 310 Unique 2023
• 17 Portugal 2022
• 358 Mexico 2021
• 9 Brazil 2024

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Famous People Named Bernardo

• Bernardo Joaquim da Silva Guimarães Brazilian novelist
• Bernardo Mota Veiga de Carvalho e Silva Portuguese footballer
• Bernardo Bertolucci Italian film director
• Bernardo Vicente de Gálvez y Madrid Viscount of Galveston and Count of Gálvez, Spanish soldier and governor of Cuba
• Bernardo Corradi Italian footballer
• (Fernando José) Bernardo Tavares Portuguese footballer and manager
• Bernardo O'Higgins Chilean revolutionary

Bernardo in Pop Culture

• Bernardo character in Shakespeare's play Hamlet
• Bernardo servant in the Zorro films
• Bernardo O'Reilly character in film The Magnificent Seven
• Bernardo de la Paz character in Robert Heinlein's The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
• Bernardo Nunez character in musical "West Side Story"