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bernards Name Meaning and History

  1. Dutch and North German: patronymic from the personal name Bernard (see Bernhard).
  2. Latvian form of the personal name Bernhard.

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Distribution of bernards Families in the US in 1920
Number of bernards families
 9-15
 4-8
 1-3
 0
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