Bernadette Forename
979th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 932,271 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Saint Martin
Bernadette Forename Definition:
A female name. French feminine diminutiveof Bernard, which has gained wide currency from Bernadette Soubirous (1844-79) of Lourdes. The name is now sometimes used in England by Roman Catholics.
Bernadette Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 99% | 273,693 | 1:270 | 27 |
| France | 100% | 168,279 | 1:395 | 109 |
| United States | 100% | 74,118 | 1:4,891 | 705 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 66,172 | 1:327 | 36 |
| Philippines | 99% | 52,956 | 1:2,002 | 408 |
| Benin | 100% | 29,437 | 1:359 | 22 |
| England | 100% | 22,819 | 1:2,437 | 374 |
| Belgium | 100% | 19,538 | 1:588 | 135 |
| Burundi | 100% | 16,655 | 1:595 | 175 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 15,470 | 1:735 | 169 |
| Ireland | 100% | 15,187 | 1:306 | 56 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13,871 | 1:1,325 | 218 |
| Germany | 100% | 13,697 | 1:7,058 | 597 |
| Haiti | 100% | 12,971 | 1:827 | 115 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 12,148 | 1:676 | 154 |
| South Africa | 100% | 9,194 | 1:5,931 | 1,113 |
| Canada | 100% | 7,573 | 1:4,375 | 707 |
| Australia | - | 7,572 | 1:1,804 | 357 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 7,167 | 1:13,612 | 1,914 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 6,989 | 1:264 | 53 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 6,953 | 1:3,398 | 773 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 6,338 | 1:2,667 | 502 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,918 | 1:1,441 | 297 |
| Ivory Coast | 100% | 4,850 | 1:4,758 | 542 |
| Austria | 100% | 4,671 | 1:1,823 | 266 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 3,897 | 1:45,564 | 3,436 |
| Mali | 100% | 3,866 | 1:4,392 | 442 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3,446 | 1:3,441 | 379 |
| Zambia | - | 3,003 | 1:5,280 | 725 |
| Senegal | 100% | 2,863 | 1:5,093 | 491 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,276 | 1:2,351 | 323 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,091 | 1:2,691 | 491 |
| Chad | 100% | 2,039 | 1:6,669 | 1,038 |
| Romania | 100% | 1,665 | 1:12,043 | 963 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 1,647 | 1:9,365 | 1,271 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 1,586 | 1:5,140 | 549 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 1,580 | 1:862 | 133 |
| Malawi | 100% | 1,438 | 1:11,900 | 1,258 |
| Ghana | 100% | 1,348 | 1:20,019 | 1,515 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,253 | 1:3,620 | 588 |
| Uganda | 100% | 1,221 | 1:33,544 | 2,292 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,216 | 1:212,141 | 20,217 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,073 | 1:19,384 | 2,577 |
| Kenya | 97% | 1,071 | 1:43,237 | 3,112 |
| Gabon | 100% | 1,002 | 1:1,880 | 439 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Brazil | 100% | 976 | 1:219,504 | 9,495 |
| Iraq | 100% | 913 | 1:38,355 | 1,540 |
| Bahamas | - | 893 | 1:447 | 96 |
| Wales | 100% | 876 | 1:3,532 | 498 |
| Bangladesh | - | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| India | 100% | 744 | 1:1,632,900 | 91,208 |
| Hungary | 100% | 722 | 1:13,562 | 351 |
| Egypt | 100% | 651 | 1:141,169 | 5,768 |
| Malaysia | 99% | 612 | 1:49,755 | 4,116 |
| Namibia | - | 584 | 1:4,117 | 648 |
| Congo | 100% | 560 | 1:8,945 | 1,176 |
| Guyana | 100% | 557 | 1:1,370 | 247 |
| Saint Martin | - | 461 | 1:78 | 23 |
| Dominica | - | 439 | 1:172 | 35 |
| Grenada | 100% | 408 | 1:265 | 22 |
| Fiji | - | 374 | 1:2,386 | 670 |
| Saint Lucia | 99% | 341 | 1:521 | 56 |
| Italy | 100% | 337 | 1:181,193 | 2,675 |
| Morocco | 100% | 328 | 1:104,721 | 3,418 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 327 | 1:31,900 | 2,533 |
| Spain | 100% | 314 | 1:148,185 | 3,535 |
| Mauritius | - | 291 | 1:4,460 | 735 |
| Thailand | 100% | 277 | 1:252,945 | 15,281 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 273 | 1:990 | 226 |
| Belize | 100% | 254 | 1:1,395 | 306 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 233 | 1:132,243 | 12,172 |
| Jamaica | - | 232 | 1:12,428 | 1,285 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 213 | 1:435 | 74 |
| Portugal | - | 203 | 1:51,285 | 1,756 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 201 | 1:262,628 | 9,736 |
| French Polynesia | - | 195 | 1:1,425 | 335 |
| Qatar | 100% | 184 | 1:12,878 | 2,026 |
| Malta | - | 182 | 1:2,359 | 423 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 176 | 1:3,205 | 419 |
| Guam | - | 168 | 1:956 | 208 |
| Singapore | 100% | 161 | 1:39,050 | 6,549 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 152 | 1:654 | 89 |
| Suriname | 100% | 132 | 1:4,188 | 917 |
| Sweden | 100% | 132 | 1:74,681 | 3,493 |
| Barbados | - | 129 | 1:2,246 | 483 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 119 | 1:4,882 | 618 |
| Botswana | 100% | 116 | 1:18,831 | 2,313 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 114 | 1:963 | 192 |
| Mexico | 100% | 108 | 1:1,149,485 | 8,773 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 104 | 1:1,073 | 167 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 102 | 1:1,527 | 398 |
| Brunei | - | 93 | 1:4,512 | 458 |
| Iran | - | 89 | 1:881,987 | 8,043 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 79 | 1:382,302 | 11,180 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 76 | 1:722 | 126 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Jordan | 97% | 68 | 1:129,806 | 2,277 |
| Denmark | - | 66 | 1:85,598 | 2,621 |
| Jersey | 100% | 65 | 1:1,538 | 313 |
| Hong Kong | - | 63 | 1:123,059 | 2,934 |
| Micronesia | - | 58 | 1:1,836 | 279 |
| Nauru | 100% | 53 | 1:225 | 20 |
| Argentina | 100% | 52 | 1:822,562 | 4,720 |
| Norway | 100% | 48 | 1:106,924 | 3,383 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 48 | 1:149,000 | 10,084 |
| Kuwait | - | 47 | 1:80,538 | 6,521 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 40 | 1:594,242 | 30,447 |
| Aruba | - | 38 | 1:2,731 | 559 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 35 | 1:893 | 190 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 35 | 1:5,553,077 | 51,090 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 34 | 1:104,421 | 1,927 |
| Chile | 100% | 32 | 1:550,225 | 6,424 |
| American Samoa | - | 29 | 1:1,926 | 312 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 27 | 1:75,555 | 7,054 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 26 | 1:2,358 | 517 |
| Palestine | 100% | 26 | 1:175,002 | 2,270 |
| Panama | 100% | 25 | 1:156,262 | 6,569 |
| Sudan | - | 25 | 1:1,512,279 | 3,324 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 23 | 1:1,509 | 345 |
| Monaco | 100% | 20 | 1:1,923 | 383 |
| Gibraltar | - | 18 | 1:1,897 | 362 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 18 | 1:190,424 | 3,622 |
| Central African Republic | - | 16 | 1:282,212 | 391 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 16 | 1:2,366 | 345 |
| Greece | 100% | 15 | 1:728,970 | 8,230 |
| Israel | 95% | 15 | 1:560,195 | 10,411 |
| Syria | - | 14 | 1:1,379,005 | 3,470 |
| Bermuda | - | 13 | 1:4,987 | 816 |
| Niger | 75% | 13 | 1:1,475,692 | 20,181 |
| China | - | 11 | 1:124,186,889 | 65,712 |
| Finland | 100% | 11 | 1:498,471 | 5,769 |
| Gambia | - | 9 | 1:214,066 | 587 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Myanmar | - | 9 | 1:5,772,030 | 1,432 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 9 | 1:6,074 | 908 |
| Poland | 85% | 9 | 1:4,225,235 | 4,388 |
| Tunisia | - | 9 | 1:75,211 | 3,284 |
| Colombia | - | 8 | 1:5,972,366 | 31,268 |
| Cook Islands | - | 8 | 1:2,269 | 351 |
| South Korea | - | 8 | 1:693,053 | 14,847 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Croatia | 100% | 7 | 1:602,439 | 6,285 |
| Cyprus | - | 6 | 1:145,179 | 3,172 |
| Estonia | - | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Macau | - | 6 | 1:101,368 | 818 |
| Montserrat | - | 6 | 1:813 | 112 |
| Oman | - | 6 | 1:684,778 | 5,486 |
| Czechia | 100% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Ecuador | - | 5 | 1:3,545,384 | 15,000 |
| Liberia | 100% | 5 | 1:882,412 | 21,482 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 5 | 1:10,246 | 1,467 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Andorra | - | 4 | 1:20,722 | 745 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 4 | 1:786 | 147 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Saint Barthelemy | - | 4 | 1:2,389 | 151 |
| Vietnam | - | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Yemen | - | 4 | 1:6,574,188 | 5,851 |
| Afghanistan | - | 3 | 1:10,874,505 | 40,253 |
| Iceland | - | 3 | 1:122,006 | 4,203 |
| Maldives | - | 3 | 1:144,634 | 3,056 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 2 | 1:2,383,974 | 18,662 |
| El Salvador | - | 2 | 1:3,170,893 | 11,665 |
| Georgia | - | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Guatemala | - | 2 | 1:8,054,214 | 10,362 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 2 | 1:3,618,402 | 11,946 |
| Slovakia | - | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cambodia | - | 1 | 1:16,273,330 | 74,610 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 1 | 1:63,331 | 901 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Kazakhstan | - | 1 | 1:17,746,845 | 44,366 |
| Kiribati | - | 1 | 1:113,394 | 1,211 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Palau | - | 1 | 1:21,711 | 239 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 1 | 1:191,997 | 5,295 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Swaziland | - | 1 | 1:1,300,177 | 3,374 |
| Turkey | 100% | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
The alternate forms: Bernadetté (3) & Bérnadette (1) are calculated separately.
Bernadette (10,486) may also be a surname.
Bernadette Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A female name. French feminine diminutiveof Bernard, which has gained wide currency from Bernadette Soubirous (1844-79) of Lourdes. The name is now sometimes used in England by Roman Catholics.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A Teutonic name, meaning: Masterful little one.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Bernadette Forename Popularity
Bernadette Demographics
Average Bernadette Salary in
United States
$45,351 USD
Per year
Rank:
179,351 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.0214724
Rank: 654 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
104.19%
Sample size: 39,031 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
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