The first name Bernadine
A girl’s name.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Variant of Bernardine.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Bernadine last appeared in the official list in 1996, given to 3 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Bernadine with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Bernadine at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 6 girls born in the United States were named Bernadine, the 13,465th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1924, when 563 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Bernadine
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Bernadine BezuidenhoutCricketer, born 1993
Questions
- What does the name Bernadine mean?
- Variant of Bernardine.
- How popular is the name Bernadine?
- In 1996, 3 girls born in England and Wales were named Bernadine, ranking 3,795th.
- Is Bernadine a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 21,933 US babies named Bernadine since 1880 were girls.
- When was Bernadine most popular?
- 1924 in the United States, when 563 babies were named Bernadine, its highest rank at 277th.