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.

# 956 in the US

Bernardo Rank in US Top 1000

Bernardo Popularity

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"