# Berengar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/berengar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “bear”, “spear” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛɹɪŋɡɚ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | not in the US data |
| Boys / girls in the US | not in the US data |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

A Germanic name, with the constituents ultimately going back to Proto-Germanic *berô (“bear”) and *gaizaz (“spear”).

## What it means

Berengar is grouped under bear and sword.

## In other languages

- Catalan: Berenguer, Berengari
- French: Bérenger
- German: Berengar
- Italian: Berengario, Beringhiero
- Latin: Berengarius
- Russian: Беренга́р, Беренга́рий
- Spanish: Berenguer, Berengario

## People named Berengar

- Berengar I of Neustria, 9th-century Frankish noble
- Berengar II of Neustria, 9th-century French noble
- Berengar of Namur, (888-940)
- Berengar I, Count of Sulzbach, German noble

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.