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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

BernardIn Hebrew: ברנרד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Bernard (Hebrew: ברנרד) is a boy's name of international origin. 661 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1951, with 45 babies.

People in Israel
661
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1951
45 babies
USA, 2025
137
rank #1,362

Writing and saying Bernard

In Hebrew letters the name is ברנרד, read right to left. Bernard is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Bernard by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Bernard: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Bernard in English-speaking countries

Bernard in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025137#1,3621924 (4,505)
United Kingdom202546#8002024 (66)
England and Wales202542#7842024 (62)
Scotland20254#6471975 (28)
Ireland20256#4921965 (211)
Alberta20254#9731980 (12)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Bernard has every year and the other spellings.

Questions about Bernard

How do you write Bernard in Hebrew?

Bernard is written ברנרד in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Bernard?

661 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ברנרד: 0 women and 661 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Bernard a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ברנרד are men.

Is Bernard used outside Israel?

The name Bernard appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 137 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,362), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 46 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.