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    The first name Bernardine

    A girl’s name from French.

    3 syllables Female

    Meaning and origin

    French origin

    From French Bernardine. By surface analysis, Bernard + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Bernardina.

    From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Bernardine at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1978, 5 girls born in the United States were named Bernardine, the 9,908th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1925, when 85 were.

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    3,128
    babies named Bernardine since 1880
    #9,908
    rank in 1978
    1925
    peak year

    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 Bernardine

    2 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bernardine Evaristo
      British author and academic (1959-)
    • Bernardine Dohrn
      American radical activist and law professor, born 1942

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    Questions

    What does the name Bernardine mean?
    From French Bernardine. By surface analysis, Bernard + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Bernardina.
    What is the origin of the name Bernardine?
    From French Bernardine. By surface analysis, Bernard + -ine. Piecewise doublet of Bernardina.
    Is Bernardine a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,128 US babies named Bernardine since 1880 were girls.
    When was Bernardine most popular?
    1925 in the United States, when 85 babies were named Bernardine, its highest rank at 800th.