Bernhard Forename
2,597th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 397,923 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Austria
Bernhard Forename User-submission:
Bernhard and its variants come from the High German name Berinhart or Berenhard. These names are composed of two elements bernu or bero (bear, wild animal) and hardu (hard, strong, powerful). In turn, the name means 'strong and powerful as a bear'.
Bernhard Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 100% | 332,947 | 1:290 | 78 |
| Austria | 100% | 32,352 | 1:263 | 67 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 17,133 | 1:479 | 95 |
| United States | 100% | 3,195 | 1:113,470 | 4,845 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,381 | 1:12,239 | 1,374 |
| South Africa | 100% | 953 | 1:57,222 | 5,655 |
| Norway | 100% | 887 | 1:5,786 | 655 |
| Indonesia | - | 821 | 1:314,207 | 27,013 |
| Italy | 100% | 812 | 1:75,200 | 1,634 |
| Canada | 100% | 649 | 1:51,053 | 3,319 |
| Namibia | - | 614 | 1:3,916 | 629 |
| Denmark | - | 555 | 1:10,179 | 856 |
| Brazil | 100% | 520 | 1:411,993 | 14,434 |
| Sweden | 100% | 420 | 1:23,471 | 1,555 |
| Thailand | 100% | 373 | 1:187,844 | 12,698 |
| Mexico | 99% | 362 | 1:342,940 | 4,649 |
| England | 100% | 341 | 1:163,058 | 5,191 |
| Poland | 100% | 330 | 1:115,234 | 2,410 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Belgium | 100% | 279 | 1:41,183 | 2,223 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 253 | 1:41,230 | 2,966 |
| France | 100% | 247 | 1:269,111 | 3,838 |
| Paraguay | 98% | 155 | 1:46,689 | 1,822 |
| Egypt | 100% | 152 | 1:604,611 | 14,932 |
| Australia | - | 149 | 1:91,662 | 3,421 |
| Spain | 100% | 144 | 1:323,125 | 5,154 |
| Israel | 96% | 123 | 1:68,316 | 3,607 |
| Finland | 100% | 116 | 1:47,269 | 1,663 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Chile | 93% | 82 | 1:214,722 | 3,816 |
| Belize | 100% | 78 | 1:4,542 | 938 |
| Philippines | 100% | 65 | 1:1,630,915 | 38,369 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 59 | 1:642 | 144 |
| New Zealand | - | 59 | 1:76,882 | 3,591 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 55 | 1:10,255 | 835 |
| Ecuador | - | 54 | 1:328,276 | 4,358 |
| Estonia | 100% | 54 | 1:24,359 | 1,899 |
| Czechia | 100% | 45 | 1:236,804 | 1,745 |
| Greece | 100% | 45 | 1:242,990 | 4,535 |
| China | - | 42 | 1:32,525,138 | 61,215 |
| Scotland | 100% | 37 | 1:144,604 | 2,924 |
| Ireland | 100% | 35 | 1:132,672 | 2,941 |
| Peru | 100% | 30 | 1:1,059,715 | 13,852 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 30 | 1:238,400 | 14,853 |
| Singapore | - | 29 | 1:216,795 | 8,671 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 28 | 1:1,078,639 | 22,683 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 27 | 1:2,734,356 | 59,996 |
| Croatia | 100% | 26 | 1:162,195 | 3,156 |
| Wales | 100% | 23 | 1:134,535 | 2,882 |
| Malaysia | 100% | 22 | 1:1,384,088 | 44,593 |
| Hungary | 100% | 21 | 1:466,275 | 1,759 |
| Iceland | 100% | 17 | 1:21,530 | 1,463 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Argentina | 73% | 16 | 1:2,673,328 | 8,808 |
| French Polynesia | - | 16 | 1:17,369 | 1,803 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Jamaica | - | 11 | 1:262,112 | 7,926 |
| Greenland | - | 10 | 1:5,637 | 682 |
| Kenya | 100% | 10 | 1:4,630,711 | 25,538 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 10 | 1:531,006 | 2,372 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 9 | 1:5,459 | 808 |
| Ghana | - | 9 | 1:2,998,468 | 5,965 |
| Romania | - | 9 | 1:2,227,997 | 23,879 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 8 | 1:108,884 | 3,058 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 8 | 1:6,598,540 | 36,161 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Kosovo | - | 7 | 1:265,920 | 9,118 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 6 | 1:16,566 | 2,341 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 6 | 1:2,684,738 | 6,435 |
| India | - | 6 | 1:202,479,662 | 2,100,642 |
| Monaco | 100% | 6 | 1:6,411 | 917 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 6 | 1:29,594,060 | 217,150 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Oman | - | 5 | 1:821,733 | 6,168 |
| Russia | 100% | 5 | 1:28,846,741 | 73,146 |
| South Korea | - | 5 | 1:1,108,884 | 18,705 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 5 | 1:4,753,936 | 76,486 |
| Bolivia | - | 4 | 1:2,650,351 | 4,903 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Lithuania | - | 4 | 1:737,970 | 2,861 |
| Mozambique | - | 4 | 1:6,810,839 | 3,114 |
| Suriname | - | 4 | 1:138,203 | 2,927 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Syria | - | 4 | 1:4,826,519 | 5,774 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 4 | 1:3,855,954 | 74,439 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 3 | 1:64,785,893 | 186,184 |
| Papua New Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:2,717,438 | 132,395 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 2 | 1:4,821,472 | 33,780 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 2 | 1:2,986,638 | 34,954 |
| Latvia | - | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2 | 1:2,813,786 | 13,895 |
| Panama | - | 2 | 1:1,953,278 | 31,007 |
| Uganda | 100% | 2 | 1:20,478,460 | 91,660 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Northern Ireland | - | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Bahrain | - | 1 | 1:1,348,673 | 7,854 |
| Barbados | - | 1 | 1:289,789 | 3,893 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Burkina Faso | - | 1 | 1:18,379,469 | 100,219 |
| Cameroon | - | 1 | 1:21,610,503 | 119,836 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guyana | - | 1 | 1:763,262 | 24,238 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Honduras | - | 1 | 1:8,817,467 | 33,018 |
| Jordan | - | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kuwait | - | 1 | 1:3,785,264 | 15,388 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Morocco | - | 1 | 1:34,348,636 | 18,260 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Nepal | - | 1 | 1:28,487,352 | 119,417 |
| Nicaragua | - | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Serbia | - | 1 | 1:7,145,721 | 10,629 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Ukraine | - | 1 | 1:45,499,908 | 32,056 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Bernhard (32,457) may also be a surname.
Bernhard Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Bernhard and its variants come from the High German name Berinhart or Berenhard. These names are composed of two elements bernu or bero (bear, wild animal) and hardu (hard, strong, powerful). In turn, the name means 'strong and powerful as a bear'.
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Bernhard Demographics
Average Male Bernhard Height
176.74 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 295 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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